With great sadness, American Humane Association announced last week that 2012 American Hero Dog Gabe fought his last battle after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He was ten years old. A true hero, Gabe was a life-saving Specialized Search Dog who served our country by completing more than 210 combat missions with…
A hero dog has died. On Wednesday afternoon, Gabe, the 10-year-old yellow Labrador, who won the hearts of thousands through his affectionate personality and stellar military career, succumbed to cancer and failing health in the arms of his owner and best friend Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles “Chuck” Shuck. Read More:
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Jan. 28, 2009) — Sit, stay and fetch are often the first commands a dog learns; for the Fort Jackson military working dogs and the specialized search dogs these commands are “puppies’ play.” For Guera, Gurda, Gury and Blecky, four of the eight working dogs at Fort Jackson, sniffing out explosives and…
Alisa Johnson is one of those people who believes her dogs can see into [her] soul. So it was heartbreaking when she and her husband, Shawn, received orders from the U.S. Marine Corps to relocate to a base in Quantico, Virginia, where dogs and other pets were not allowed. “We didn’t really have an option…
An 8-year-old German Shepherd that saved hundreds of lives of U.S. troops got a hero’s welcome in Universal City. Read More:
For 26-year-old Adam Carter of Lubbock, military blood runs deep through his veins. “My grandfather, he was in the Air Force. I had a cousin, he had just gone into the Air Force, my father was in the Navy,” said Carter. But Carter decided to join the Marine Corps instead. “It’s something I wanted to…
An ounce of cocaine doesn’t usually come with a blue ribbon, even in Miami. That didn’t stop Emma Bartelt, 10, from winning first prize in the science competition at Coral Gables Preparatory Academy with the help of three drug-sniffing hounds and 28 grams of the illicit white powder, all provided by the Miami-Dade Police…
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Lago and Laredo aren’t the typical residents of a correctional facility. The brothers, having never been convicted of any crimes, eat, sleep, live and play behind imposing security fences among the inmates and military guards of the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/101152/inmates-paws-cause#.UQimMz4OBlk.facebook#ixzz2JcXKN3r9 Read…
1/28/2013 – MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — For a few weeks in January, MHAFB held the distinction of having the longest-serving military working dog in the Department of Defense. Base leadership, fellow Defenders and other members of the Gunfighter family came out to say farewell to Tanja as she left the 366th Security Forces Squadron kennels…