War dogs

[Teamless]

I love these! Thanks for posting

[AEA]

COOL!

Here's mine.

[Excaliber]

Great pictures - thanks, Andy and AEA!

Here's my loyal companion:

[surprise_i'm_armed]

During the Vietnam War, many war dogs were used, but met sad deaths since they were not allowed to
be brought back to the States in most instances.

A more enlightened outlook on these canine defenders has now become more prevalent, and some Iraq/Afghan
war dog vets are allowed to come back to the states. Although I believe that a lot of expense still is incurred by
those who want to do so.

There was a sad case recently in <Arizona?> involving a brave war dog who had saved US lives during a suicide bomber
event. The dog was brought to a veternarian for either a minor illness, or to be boarded. Some dummy at the vet
hospital euthanized the dog by mistake. Sad, sad, sad.

SIA

[Rex B]

Andy, that was great, thanks for posting.

[i8godzilla]

Thanks for the great post Andy.

[E.Marquez]

We have hundreds of MWD's in this part of Afghanistan.

We just lost one yesterday He was sniffing out an IED, it detonated,SGT Akbar was mortally wounded, he was evac'ed on a HH-60 as any other Soldier would be, SGT Acbar was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, SGT Ackbars handler accepted the awards for him.

3 other Soldiers received only minor concussions and Mild TBI in the explosion.

[OldCurlyWolf]

During the Vietnam War, many war dogs were used, but met sad deaths since they were not allowed to
be brought back to the States in most instances.

A more enlightened outlook on these canine defenders has now become more prevalent, and some Iraq/Afghan
war dog vets are allowed to come back to the states. Although I believe that a lot of expense still is incurred by
those who want to do so.

There was a sad case recently in <Arizona?> involving a brave war dog who had saved US lives during a suicide bomber
event. The dog was brought to a veternarian for either a minor illness, or to be boarded. Some dummy at the vet
hospital euthanized the dog by mistake. Sad, sad, sad.

SIA

That calls for some one to be strummed on, thoroughly.

[cheezit]

exclent post, thank you.
best I was ever able to do was teach a dog how to dive and swim under water.

[Excaliber]

Excaliber, that's one gorgeous dog who owns you :)

She thinks that way too......

[Salty1]

Excaliber, you need to bring her over to DCSA, I would love to meet her and I am sure Greybeard would as well.....

[paulhailes]

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... g?page=0,0

Some very, very good pictures of dogs in action overseas in the war on terror

I think that is the coolest thing, I didn't know they used dogs in combat but now that I think about it makes since.

[ELB]

We have hundreds of MWD's in this part of Afghanistan.

We just lost one yesterday He was sniffing out an IED, it detonated,SGT Akbar was mortally wounded, he was evac'ed on a HH-60 as any other Soldier would be, SGT Acbar was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, SGT Ackbars handler accepted the awards for him.

3 other Soldiers received only minor concussions and Mild TBI in the explosion.

How sad. I'll bet his handler and everyone else in his unit are just crushed. Best wishes to all of you.