Dog handlers with II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters

Dog handlers with II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group (Forward) and Dino, a military working dog, sit in front of Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz’s monument during Diaz’s memorial service at the Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, chapel, Oct. 8. Diaz, a native of El Paso, Texas, and an expert military working dog handler with II MHG (Fwd.), died Sept. 28, 2011, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. Diaz was deployed out of Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where he served as a handler with III MHG. Diaz was Dino’s handler.