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Maj. Brent Gallant (left), 4th Security Forces Squadron

Maj. Brent Gallant (left), 4th Security Forces Squadron

Maj. Brent Gallant (left), 4th Security Forces Squadron commander, speaks during the opening ceremony for Police Week, May 16, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. In 1962, President John F.... More

Spc. Zachary Fossum, a military working dog handler

Spc. Zachary Fossum, a military working dog handler

Spc. Zachary Fossum, a military working dog handler with the 16th Military Police Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC, and military working dog, Ben, walk down a hallway at the Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Veterinary Office as Cap... More

Patrol Explosive Detector Dog, Kobus, (right) 550th

Patrol Explosive Detector Dog, Kobus, (right) 550th

Patrol Explosive Detector Dog, Kobus, (right) 550th Military Working Dog Detachment, 16th Military Police Brigade, and his friend, Maya, (left) pose for a photo in Kuwait, on his way back from supporting Operat... More

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training session with their military working dog at the Mine Detection Center in Kabul, Nov. 3. The MDC runs a handler training program divided into three phases; the ... More

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men who bravely served at Bala Murghab. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)

Military working dog, Iva, attacks Staff Sgt. Bruce

Military working dog, Iva, attacks Staff Sgt. Bruce

Military working dog, Iva, attacks Staff Sgt. Bruce Martinez in a controlled aggression exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 25. Military working dogs continuously train even in a deployed location. M... More

U.S. Air Force military working dog Figo bites down

U.S. Air Force military working dog Figo bites down

U.S. Air Force military working dog Figo bites down on Senior Airman Jessica Rivait at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec 10, 2011. Figo and his human counterpart, Staff Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez, are both members ... More

Security personnel assigned to Naval Construction Battalion

Security personnel assigned to Naval Construction Battalion

Security personnel assigned to Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., simulate detaining an individual during exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2012. Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield is a force pr... More

Lt. Benjamin Maple (left), K-9 master, and former Cpl.

Lt. Benjamin Maple (left), K-9 master, and former Cpl.

Lt. Benjamin Maple (left), K-9 master, and former Cpl. Megan Leavey (right) prepare to accept Military Working Dog Rex's certificate during his retirement ceremony and adoption at Camp Pendleton's K-9 unit, Apr... More

Pfc. Lynnette Dalle, a military working dog handler

Pfc. Lynnette Dalle, a military working dog handler

Pfc. Lynnette Dalle, a military working dog handler with the 28th Military Police Detachment at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, shows some of the obedience and special skills her MWD, Gina, is taught at the obstacle c... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military Working Dog handler, with his dog Aaron prior to training at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 9, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military Working Dog handler, and his dog, Aaron, prepare for an early-morning training scenario at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 9, 2012. The Military Working D... More

Members of the 5th Bomb Wing honor guard, performs

Members of the 5th Bomb Wing honor guard, performs

Members of the 5th Bomb Wing honor guard, performs during the grand opening of the new Security Forces Squadron military working dog facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 17, 2012. The newest facility in... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Turner, a military working

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Turner, a military working

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Turner, a military working dog handler, with his dog on the flight line at Kandahar Airfield. Military working dog handlers brought their dogs from the kennels at Kandahar Airfield, ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Shaun Thomas, a military working dog

U.S. Army Sgt. Shaun Thomas, a military working dog

U.S. Army Sgt. Shaun Thomas, a military working dog handler assigned to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, gives his dog, Crock, the command to “guard” on Tech. Sgt. Kevin Crosby, an F-16 avionics technician curre... More

U.S. Army Maj. Bryan Hux (left), a veterinarian with

U.S. Army Maj. Bryan Hux (left), a veterinarian with

U.S. Army Maj. Bryan Hux (left), a veterinarian with the 438th Medical Detachment – Veterinarian Services, examines Tora, a military working dog, during an office visit July 27, 2012. The veterinarian clinic at... More

Army Capt. Angela Demaree performs a follow-up exam

Army Capt. Angela Demaree performs a follow-up exam

Army Capt. Angela Demaree performs a follow-up exam on Military Working Dog Celo to check for any residual issues from tendinitis at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 11. Demaree, who visits the Tra... More

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcment Battalion huddle together

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcment Battalion huddle together

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcment Battalion huddle together in silence in rememberance of Sgt. Joshua Ashley during a memorial ceremony at the Protestant chapel aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Sept. 12. As... More

Lance Cpl. Sam Enriquez, a military working dog handler

Lance Cpl. Sam Enriquez, a military working dog handler

Lance Cpl. Sam Enriquez, a military working dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, stationed in Okinawa, Japan and his K-9 partner Kally, take part in night operations training during the Inter-service... More

Nina, 460th Security Forces Squadron military working

Nina, 460th Security Forces Squadron military working

Nina, 460th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, looks through her cage before a training exercise March 20, 2013, at a training facility on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The 460th SFS hosted a K-9 tr... More

U.S. Army Spc. Matt Kreutzer, a military working dog

U.S. Army Spc. Matt Kreutzer, a military working dog

U.S. Army Spc. Matt Kreutzer, a military working dog handler with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and Sgt. Mimsy, a military working dog, stop for a photo during training at Forward Operating ... More

Stephen Hubbard, director of the 11th Security Support

Stephen Hubbard, director of the 11th Security Support

Stephen Hubbard, director of the 11th Security Support Flight presents Besy, 11th SSF Military Working Dog and her handler, Staff Sgt. Samantha Navarrete, a 2012 K9 Medal for Exceptional Service, during a cerem... More

U.S. Air Force military working dog Zina rests on a

U.S. Air Force military working dog Zina rests on a

U.S. Air Force military working dog Zina rests on a set of aircraft stairs following a training search of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft on the Kadena Air Base, Japan, flightline May 16... More

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Nathan Donwen, assigned to

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Nathan Donwen, assigned to

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Nathan Donwen, assigned to 709th Military Police Battalion, and his K-9 pose for a photo during a device detection training at the 7th U.S. Army Joint Multinational Training Command (JM... More

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska, assigned to

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska, assigned to

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska, assigned to the 131st Military Working Dog Detachment, gives praise to her military working dog, Quaid T183, after successful completion of explosive detection training ... More

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska and military

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska and military

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Agnieszka Sosnowska and military working dog, Quaid T183, both assigned to the 131st Military Working Dog Detachment, conduct device detection training at the 7th U.S. Army Joint Multination... More

Airman 1st Class Geston Gordon, 22nd Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Geston Gordon, 22nd Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Geston Gordon, 22nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, runs from Don, 22nd SFS MWD, during a public demonstration at Hobart Detter Field July 4, 2013, Hutchinson, Kan. The s... More

22nd MSG commander experiences force of working dog

22nd MSG commander experiences force of working dog

Col. Michael Mendoza, 22nd Mission Support Group commander, runs from Don, 22nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog, during a bite demonstration July 12, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Mendoz... More

Titus Clouse, a patrolman from the Minot Police Department,

Titus Clouse, a patrolman from the Minot Police Department,

Titus Clouse, a patrolman from the Minot Police Department, carries his 2-year-old K-9, Piko, during one of the many obstacles in the K-9 competition held at the 5th Security Forces Squadron dog kennels on Mino... More

Fifth Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog

Fifth Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog

Fifth Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog Kety takes a break after completing an obstacle course during the 2013 North Dakota Peace Officer Association K-9 Police Trials at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.,... More

Sgt. John Carbiener, Mine Detection handler, and Hershey,

Sgt. John Carbiener, Mine Detection handler, and Hershey,

Sgt. John Carbiener, Mine Detection handler, and Hershey, his MMD partner, 49th MMD Detachment, 5th Engineer Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, hunker down for a rotary-winged a... More

Jony, a military working dog with the 22nd Marine

Jony, a military working dog with the 22nd Marine

Jony, a military working dog with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrives with his handler, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Lobitz, K9 handler, 22nd MEU, aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), off the East Coa... More

Staff Sgt. Jacob Duncan, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jacob Duncan, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jacob Duncan, 5th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler and MWD Arno, searches a row of chairs during detection training at the Outdoor Recreation Center at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.... More

A new course. Seymour Johnson Air Force base

A new course. Seymour Johnson Air Force base

Staff Sgt. Barton Gonzales, 4th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler run Tonic, 4th SFS MWD, through a tunnel on the obedience course at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Jan. 9, 2014. Acco... More

Military working dog Penny leaps over an obstacle in

Military working dog Penny leaps over an obstacle in

Military working dog Penny leaps over an obstacle in the training area here as Senior Airman Samantha Baker, a MWD handler deployed to the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, gives her commands. (U.S.... More

Military Working Dog Max sits stands on a C-130 as

Military Working Dog Max sits stands on a C-130 as

Military Working Dog Max sits stands on a C-130 as he was being prepared for air evacuation for medical treatment after he developed heart failure and fluid build-up in his abdomen. After the evacuation, Max wa... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 386th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 386th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, poses for a photo with his dog, Xarius, June 3, 2014 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.... More

Chief Master-at-Arms Lori Beeman, kennel master of

Chief Master-at-Arms Lori Beeman, kennel master of

Chief Master-at-Arms Lori Beeman, kennel master of Naval Support Activity Bahrain, speaks about military working dogs, Tyson (H225) and Qquinn (J509), during a memorial ceremony. Tyson served nine years and Qqu... More

Staff Sgt. Thomas Honeycutt, 100th Military Working

Staff Sgt. Thomas Honeycutt, 100th Military Working

Staff Sgt. Thomas Honeycutt, 100th Military Working Dog Detachment, tries to shake off the attack of German Shepherd Ito, a military working dog, released by his handler Pfc. Marcel Nelms, 100th MWD Detachment,... More

U.S. Army Soldiers and dog from the 100th  Military

U.S. Army Soldiers and dog from the 100th Military

U.S. Army Soldiers and dog from the 100th Military Working Dog Detachment. Ito takes a bite out of the assailant Staff Sgt. Thomas Honeycutt as Pfc. Marcel Nelms gives commands at Miesau, Germany Army Depot, S... More

Sano, 86th Security Forces Squadron military working

Sano, 86th Security Forces Squadron military working

Sano, 86th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, was honored during a memorial ceremony at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, Feb. 24, 2015. As part of the ceremony, the empty kennel where Sano once sle... More

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military Working Dog Detachment, 385th Military Police Battalion, subdues Sgt. Kayla Streeter (left), a patrol explosive detector dog handler for the 93rd MWDD, who... More

Staff Sgt. Adam Serella (right) and Spc. Bruce Brickleff

Staff Sgt. Adam Serella (right) and Spc. Bruce Brickleff

Staff Sgt. Adam Serella (right) and Spc. Bruce Brickleff (left), both military working dog handlers with the 95th Military Police Detachment, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, demonstrate the fo... More

A mock explosive rests in a tire rim during a weeklong

A mock explosive rests in a tire rim during a weeklong

A mock explosive rests in a tire rim during a weeklong explosive detection certification course at Fort Eustis, Va., Aug. 31, 2015. Canines and handlers participated in several detection courses throughout the... More

Senior Airman Austin Craven, 4th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Craven, 4th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Craven, 4th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, grooms MWD Ronni, Sept. 8, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Handlers and their dogs spend countless hours tog... More

Pfc. Hunter Smith, military working dog handler, holds

Pfc. Hunter Smith, military working dog handler, holds

Pfc. Hunter Smith, military working dog handler, holds MWD Bruce, both assigned to the 525th Military Working Dog Detachment, as another soldier checks his pulse during the international combat lifesavers cours... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, poses with her dog, Elvis, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 23, 2015. After growing up among first respond... More

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (front),  with AFN Europe,

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (front), with AFN Europe,

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (front), with AFN Europe, works with a fellow soldier on assisting a simulated Military Working Dog (MWD) who was injured during a exercise with the International Combat Lifesavers Cou... More

Senior Airman McCloy, 5th Security Forces dog handler,

Senior Airman McCloy, 5th Security Forces dog handler,

Senior Airman McCloy, 5th Security Forces dog handler, and his military working dog, Ppadraic, perform a random inspection of a vehicle passing through the main gate. The purpose of random vehicle inspections, ... More

Senior Airman Brandon Sheets, 4th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Brandon Sheets, 4th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Brandon Sheets, 4th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Miko check out the War Dog Memorial statue, Oct. 27, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The statue was... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan McCoy and his K9 partner Iskra

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan McCoy and his K9 partner Iskra

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan McCoy and his K9 partner Iskra maintain tactical overwatch on a decoy apprehended by a corresponding officer during scout training Nov. 2 in a heavily wooded area on Fort Belvoir, Va. Ta... More

Lance Cpl. Colten Corsetti, right, military working

Lance Cpl. Colten Corsetti, right, military working

Lance Cpl. Colten Corsetti, right, military working dog handler with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, keeps his K-9 at the ready while instructing Cpl. Justin Stockton, military working dog handler with ... More

Aly, 18th Security Forces Squadron military working

Aly, 18th Security Forces Squadron military working

Aly, 18th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, waits for his annual dental examination at the Veterinary Treatment Facility, Dec. 9, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Aly is one of the MWDs used by 18t... More

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Cpl. Daryn Cherry,

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Cpl. Daryn Cherry,

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Cpl. Daryn Cherry, a military policeman with the Provost Marshal Office, reels in military working dog, Bandi, during simulated aggressor training at the K-9 training comp... More

Lt. Col. Dana Metzger, 436th Security Forces Squadron

Lt. Col. Dana Metzger, 436th Security Forces Squadron

Lt. Col. Dana Metzger, 436th Security Forces Squadron commander, left, Staff Sgt. Jason Spangenberg, 436th SFS military working dog trainer, right and his MWD Rico/M137 sit on stage during Rico’s retirement cer... More

Satie, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron

Satie, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron

Satie, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog, age 4, prepares to leap from the edge of a pool during annual water-based aggression training at the base pool at undisclosed location i... More

Lance Cpl. Landon Gilliam, provost marshal’s office

Lance Cpl. Landon Gilliam, provost marshal’s office

Lance Cpl. Landon Gilliam, provost marshal’s office military working dog handler with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, demonstrates the use of scent boxes to the officers from the Hiroshima Prefectural P... More

U.S. Army military working dog, Faro, assigned to the

U.S. Army military working dog, Faro, assigned to the

U.S. Army military working dog, Faro, assigned to the 549th Military Working Dog Detachment, chews on toy after successfully detecting simulated hidden explosives during K-9 training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Ric... More

U.S. Soldiers with Fort Eustis’ 3rd Military Police

U.S. Soldiers with Fort Eustis’ 3rd Military Police

U.S. Soldiers with Fort Eustis’ 3rd Military Police Detachment demonstrate and talk about what it takes to be a military working-dog handler at Booker T. Washington Middle School in Newport News, Va., April 1, ... More

Lance Cpl. Thomas Hunt, a designated marksman with

Lance Cpl. Thomas Hunt, a designated marksman with

Lance Cpl. Thomas Hunt, a designated marksman with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, looks through the scope of his M110 sniper rifle while concealed in the tree line during the II Mari... More

Airmen from the 96th Security Forces Squadron put on

Airmen from the 96th Security Forces Squadron put on

Airmen from the 96th Security Forces Squadron put on a military working dog demonstration for Eglin Elementary School kids May 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The event was in celebration of National Police W... More

Bono, military working dog, bites Sgt. Derrick P. Hamilton,

Bono, military working dog, bites Sgt. Derrick P. Hamilton,

Bono, military working dog, bites Sgt. Derrick P. Hamilton, criminal investigator, Provost Marshals Office, during a K-9 demonstration from the MWD section as part of the Joshua Tree Community Days Summer Splas... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Luker, 3rd Military Police Detachment

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Luker, 3rd Military Police Detachment

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Luker, 3rd Military Police Detachment military working dog handler, conducts an MWD demonstration during the Fort Eustis community block party at Fort Eustis, Va., Aug. 12, 2016. The block... More

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, goes on patrol with dog Elmo on Joint Base Charleston Aug. 16, 2016. Weston has been training and working with Elmo for mo... More

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Trey Weston, 628th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and a working dog Tze, practice bite training on Joint Base Charleston Aug. 17, 2016. Bite training is used to keep the ag... More

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vess, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vess, 628th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vess, 628th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, braces for impact from mwd Tze in bite training on Joint Base Charleston Aug. 17, 2016. Mwd go through bite training so they ... More

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Repair and

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Repair and

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Repair and Supply Facility Petroleum Terminal unit military working dog handler searches for hidden explosives during joint training with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakun... More

Bbutler, a U.S. Marine Corps Military Working Dog (MWD)

Bbutler, a U.S. Marine Corps Military Working Dog (MWD)

Bbutler, a U.S. Marine Corps Military Working Dog (MWD) assigned to the Provost Marshall’s Office, K9 Section, Marine Corps Base, Camp Smedley D. Butler, chases U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Byrd, dog handler,... More

Staff Sgt. Jacob Brown, 379th Expeditionary Security

Staff Sgt. Jacob Brown, 379th Expeditionary Security

Staff Sgt. Jacob Brown, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, restrains his dog, Grim, during training Sept. 15, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. MWD’s main mission at AUA... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Giddings and military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Giddings and military

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Giddings and military working dog, Greg, assigned to the 673rd Security Forces Squadron, search for simulated hidden explosives while completing their annual certification at Join... More

Service members, their families and pets engage with

Service members, their families and pets engage with

Service members, their families and pets engage with personnel during the “Purple Paws for a Cause” event hosted by the Marine Corps Community Services Family Advocacy Program at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, ... More

Patti sports a medal presented during an award ceremony

Patti sports a medal presented during an award ceremony

Patti sports a medal presented during an award ceremony in her honor Oct. 24 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The ceremony was held on behalf of U.S. War Dogs Association to honor her servic... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jenna Cauble, dog handler, with Provost

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jenna Cauble, dog handler, with Provost

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jenna Cauble, dog handler, with Provost Marshalls Office, K9 Section, Bravo Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, rewards her Military Working D... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Max Belcaro, dog handler, with Provost

U.S. Marine Cpl. Max Belcaro, dog handler, with Provost

U.S. Marine Cpl. Max Belcaro, dog handler, with Provost Marshalls Office, K9 Section, Bravo Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, aggresses towards U.S. Marine C... More

A U.S. Military Working Dog (MWD) bites a protective

A U.S. Military Working Dog (MWD) bites a protective

A U.S. Military Working Dog (MWD) bites a protective body suit during aggression training at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2016. U.S. Marine Corps dog handlers conduct aggression training in order to... More

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working

Stella, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, lays on a couch inside the MWD compound at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 11, 2016. Stella has come to the end of her military service and wi... More

Vanda, a military working dog trainee assigned to the

Vanda, a military working dog trainee assigned to the

Vanda, a military working dog trainee assigned to the 341st Training Squadron, prepares to crawl through a tunnel during a obedience training course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Nov. 17, 2016. Throughout... More

Kanjer expresses his gratitude to Staff Sgt. Jeremy

Kanjer expresses his gratitude to Staff Sgt. Jeremy

Kanjer expresses his gratitude to Staff Sgt. Jeremy Rice for his adoption during the military working dog’s retirement ceremony January 23, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Rice, an active duty dog handler at Patr... More

Cpl. Jason E. Casbeer and his military working dog,

Cpl. Jason E. Casbeer and his military working dog,

Cpl. Jason E. Casbeer and his military working dog, Mac, wait to train in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2017. The dog teams run through courses to evaluate their proficiency in explosive ordnance detection, the appl... More

Senior Airman Amanda Puryear, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Amanda Puryear, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Amanda Puryear, 5th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, instructs Deny, MWD, to stay during obedience training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 23, 2017. MWDs are trained to ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tommy Duncan, right, 19th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tommy Duncan, right, 19th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tommy Duncan, right, 19th Security Forces Squadron K9 trainer, advises U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jake Craig, 19th SFS K9 handler, during gunfire training March 16, 2017, at Little Rock... More

Staff Sgt. Kevin Saicheck, 375th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Kevin Saicheck, 375th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Kevin Saicheck, 375th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, speaks to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members about MWDs before a demonstration at Scott Air Force Base, Illinoi... More

Lance Cpl. Dejuan Patterson, a military working dog

Lance Cpl. Dejuan Patterson, a military working dog

Lance Cpl. Dejuan Patterson, a military working dog handler with the Provost Marshal’s Office of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, runs away from Kelly, a military working dog, during scout training aboard Camp H.M. Sm... More

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pfeiffer, 374th Security Forces

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pfeiffer, 374th Security Forces

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pfeiffer, 374th Security Forces Squadron Advanced Combat Skills Assessment team lead, attempts to maneuver out of a head lock during a combatives training course, May 11, 2017, at Yokota ... More

Military Working Dog Arko, 96th Security Forces Squadron,

Military Working Dog Arko, 96th Security Forces Squadron,

Military Working Dog Arko, 96th Security Forces Squadron, runs toward a simulated assailant during a demonstration for Eglin Elementary School kids May 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The event was in celebrat... More

A military policeman conducts military working dog

A military policeman conducts military working dog

A military policeman conducts military working dog bite training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, May 23. The MWD handlers conduct search and bite training to keep their dogs proficient and ready for a... More

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Coleman, a dog handler with 520th

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Coleman, a dog handler with 520th

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Coleman, a dog handler with 520th Military Working Dog Detachment, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th MP Brigade, rewards “Sindy” during National Odor Recognition Testing at Schofield Barrac... More

Military Working Dog (MWD) Nnorton and Senior Airman

Military Working Dog (MWD) Nnorton and Senior Airman

Military Working Dog (MWD) Nnorton and Senior Airman Cody Carr, 823d Base Defense Squadron MWD handler, await the beginning of a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 15, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The demo... More

Febe, retired military working dog, receives pets by

Febe, retired military working dog, receives pets by

Febe, retired military working dog, receives pets by one of the 2nd Security Forces Squadron MWD handlers at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 19, 2017. Febe retired from active duty in 2015. (U.S. Air Force... More

FORT GORDON, Ga. - Staff Sgt. Amanda Payne, 222nd Military

FORT GORDON, Ga. - Staff Sgt. Amanda Payne, 222nd Military

FORT GORDON, Ga. - Staff Sgt. Amanda Payne, 222nd Military Police Detachment, prepares to hand Zoti over to his new family. Zoti, an 11-year-old German Shepherd, retired from the military after 10 years of serv... More

A memorial service honors Military Working Dog Satin

A memorial service honors Military Working Dog Satin

A memorial service honors Military Working Dog Satin N591 on Oct. 12, 2017, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He enjoyed the life of retirement before passing away after his battle with cancer. Satin's accomplishmen... More

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Sgt. David McCarty

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Sgt. David McCarty

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Sgt. David McCarty explains the different training during a K-9 demonstration for the Okinawa Prefectural Police at the Kadena Passenger Terminal on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, J... More

Staff Sgt. Bryan Perkins, 791st Missile Security Forces

Staff Sgt. Bryan Perkins, 791st Missile Security Forces

Staff Sgt. Bryan Perkins, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron defender, sews foliage on to his ghillie suit during joint-unit training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 22, 2017. During training, Airmen ad... More

Soldiers with Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 2-211th

Soldiers with Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 2-211th

Soldiers with Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Task Force Marauder conducted K-9 medical training with a U.S. Army veterinarian Jan. 8, 20... More

Senior Airman Benjamin Huntley, 341st Security Forces

Senior Airman Benjamin Huntley, 341st Security Forces

Senior Airman Benjamin Huntley, 341st Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, guides his K-9, Kay, into a sit position Jan. 23, 2018, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. K-9s are taught commands t... More

Sgt. Hundi, a military working dog of KFOR Multinational

Sgt. Hundi, a military working dog of KFOR Multinational

Sgt. Hundi, a military working dog of KFOR Multinational Battle Group-East, Task Force Military Police, runs with a toy in his mouth that he retrieved during a MWD demonstration, Jan. 31, 2018, on Camp Bondstee... More

Sgt. Kelli Helfinstine, base veterinary technician,

Sgt. Kelli Helfinstine, base veterinary technician,

Sgt. Kelli Helfinstine, base veterinary technician, was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal Feb. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Helfinstine received the medal for her efforts in saving Military Working Do... More

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dog handler conducts

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dog handler conducts

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dog handler conducts a search at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 2018. The training brought Japanese K-9 handlers from the JMSDF Kure Repair and Supply Fac... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luke Fetterolf, a military working

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luke Fetterolf, a military working

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luke Fetterolf, a military working dog trainer with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, removes training aids from a container at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 20... More

Senior Airman Angel Flores, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Angel Flores, 5th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Angel Flores, 5th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, shakes MWD Kety’s paw at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., March 13, 2018. Handlers work with MWDs to perform daily procedures, i... More

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