The Department of Defense on Tuesday pushed back on reports that military working dogs were left behind in Afghanistan amid U.S. military evacuations in Kabul earlier this week. However, animals ...
DEDICATED THIS WEEK IN 2013. THE MONUMENT FEATURES FOUR DOGS REPRESENTING MILITARY WORKING DOGS AND A HANDLER REPRESENTING THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN THEYS SERVED ALONGSIDE DURING WORLD WAR II, THE ...
Canines have been serving with distinction alongside their human best friends for thousands of years. In the United States, there have been military dogs since the Civil War. Case in point: a dog ...
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Military officials announced on Thursday that the 209th Fort Benning Military Police Detachment and 904th Military Working Dog Detachment were honored on June 20 with the Brig.
These dogs are as honorable as they come. Tuesday is National K-9 Veterans Day, a holiday to honor the dogs who have served the United States in the armed forces, police departments, and other ...
Army Sgt. Michael Fletcher said goodbye to his military working dog Dasty in February 2022, after forging a bond unlike any he’d had with his previous two working dogs. “I didn’t think I was ever ...
Retired military dog Yyacob and the canine's former handler, Payton May, reunited on Nov. 25 for the first time since their 2022 separation Chris Saucedo/Getty A recently retired military dog was ...
MILITARY WORKING DOGS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BUT FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME, WHEN THEY WERE RETIRED ...
A recently retired military dog was reunited with his longtime handler after two and a half years apart—just in time for Thanksgiving. Eight-year-old Belgian Malinois Yyacob reunited with his former ...