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Dogs are known as man's best friend but no relationship is stronger than those who rely on dogs to save their lives. 18 photos of the bond between soldiers and their dogs Skip to main content
Lucca (born 2003 or 2004, [1] died 2018) [2] was a German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois service dog who was employed by the United States Marine Corps for 6 years. She was trained to detect explosives. She was deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. In her over 400 missions, no human fatalities occurred under her watch.
The use of MWDs on prisoners by the United States during recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq has been controversial. [59] Dog ownership in the Middle East is relatively uncommon, as many Muslims consider dogs unclean. [60] Iraq War: The United States has used dogs to intimidate prisoners in Iraqi prisons. [61]
José Romero, a 42-year-old Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, never thought that a dog could change his life. “When I left the Army, I was in pretty bad shape.
A military dog which saved more than a thousand lives has tragically passed away. Buster, an arms and explosives sniffer from the UK, was a heavily medaled service dog, going on five tours of duty ...
Buster (2002 – 2015), [1] an English Springer Spaniel, was a military detection dog who was active during the Iraq War.Because of his actions in discovering a hidden weapons cache, the dog was credited with saving service personnel from insurgents operating in the southern Iraqi town of Safwan.
Billie Grimes-Watson was a medic in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. As the initial U.S. invasion turned into bloody chaos, she would sprint through through the smoke and fire of blasts from improvised explosive devices and gunfire to save lives, struggling with the maimed and broken bodies of soldiers she knew and loved.