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Lex (dog) Lex (1999 – March 25, 2012) was the first active duty, fully fit military working dog to be granted early retirement in order to be adopted. Working for his United States Marine Corps handler Corporal Dustin J. Lee in the Iraq War, he was wounded in an attack that killed Lee, and subsequently was awarded an honorary Purple Heart .
U.S. Army military working dog searches among rubble and trash outside a target building in Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Contemporary dogs in military roles are also often referred to as police dogs, or in the United States and United Kingdom as a military working dog (MWD), or K-9. Their roles are nearly as varied as those of their ancient ...
Lucca (dog) 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 Pennsylvania SPCA posted on Facebook, " Over the past few months, the PSPCA has welcomed 28 retired working dogs into our care.When they retired from their services, these dogs sought comfort ...
John was honored during a retirement ceremony on the Hawaiian base that included a special reading of the poem "Guardians of the Night," which is dedicated to military working dogs. John played ...
The U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is honoring Figo, a military working dog, with a paver memorial ceremony Saturday, May 4, 2024.
He has over 15 years experience in importing, breeding, raising, and training multiple breeds of working dogs. Ritland also created the Warrior Dog Foundation, a non-profit special operations K9 retirement foundation, [4] dedicated to serving working military K9s, the special operations community, and their families.
Aug. 6—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hugo was a war dog, an Air Force working canine who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and assisted in several U.S. Secret Service missions. The 80-pound German ...