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Posts Tagged war dogs
US War Dog Association
The US War Dog Association is dedicated to recognizing the role of war dogs and their handlers in the military.
Man’s Best Friend
Mans Best Friend. Because you can’t strap a cat across your waist and parachute into Afghanistan.
Black the protector, on his 4th combat tour at age 9
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 27/Jun/2011 18:34
By Rebecca Frankel
"He has a six-foot circle around me with his leash and he does not allow anyone to get in that bubble."
“There’s a reason why you can’t sneak up on SPC Jeffrey Michaud — and that reason is Black, a trained explosives detection dog. Michaud and Black are stationed at FOB Warhorse in Baqubah, Iraq, where the pair has been serving since February.
Black, a nine-year-old black and tan German shepherd, is currently on his fourth deployment. This is his second tour in Iraq and he’s already done two stints in Afghanistan. But nine is not too old for a patrol dog. “It’s up there, but the dog will work ’til he can’t work anymore,” Michaud, who’s been a handler for two years, told me on the phone from Iraq last week. “Other dogs are 13 years old and still going strong.”
Black happens to be very good at his job.”
Staff Sgt. Philip Mendoza and Rico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 24/Jun/2011 18:31
Staff Sgt. Philip Mendoza and his military working dog, Rico, wearing specially made goggles, train aboard a helicopter at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
Navy SEAL Hero Dog Is Top Secret
From: Global Animal
Navy SEAL, Mike Forsythe, and his dog, Cara, recently broke the world record for "highest man/dog parachute deployment" by jumping from 30,100 feet. Both wear oxygen masks. (PHOTO: Rebecca Frankel)
… Like the fictional 007, the mysterious agent came in the dead of night, helped take out the world’s most notorious terrorist, and then melted back into the shadows alongside 79 two-footed comrades in arms.
In keeping with the rest of the SEAL Team Six that killed Osama bin Laden, the dog who reportedly accompanied the Seals on the mission remains shrouded in mystery, and surrounded by speculation.
Though 79 men snuck into Abbottabad, Pakistan, only two dozen of those soldiers slid down the ropes. According to The New York Times, a military working dog (MWD) was one of them, strapped onto an assault team member as he was lowered out of a Black Hawk helicopter.
The military is staying tight-lipped about the maverick dog’s identity, refusing to reveal even breed or gender. If the dog is a female, that would make her the one and only of the ‘fairer sex’ in the SEAL Team Six since the Navy SEALs is a men-only force.
Military Working Dogs
Posted by Brian in News, Warrior Tools, Warriors on 5/May/2011 22:04
ForeignPolicy.com has a weekly column on working dogs in the military written by Rebecca Frankel. This is a nice photo essay she did on war dogs. It is being reported that a dog was with the team that disposed of Osama bin Laden.
Navy SEALs to deploy armoured dogs in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 28/Sep/2010 20:05
K9 Storm specialises in the production of tactical gear for dogs, including ballistic body armour and - of course - the "aerial insertion vest" for "dogs of war" needing to deploy into their operational area by helicopter or freefall parachute jump
Elite, bulletproof commando canines go to war
By Lewis Page
Latest from the Wars On Stuff: The Register has learned that top-secret, super-elite US Navy SEAL special forces are to deploy heavily armoured bulletproof dogs equipped with infrared nightsight cameras and an “intruder communication system” able to penetrate concrete walls.