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Two RAF police dogs have been awarded the animal equivalent of the OBE for the “exemplary careers” sniffing out ammunition and explosives. Alfie, an English spaniel, and AJ, a Labrador, spent six years helping to locate arms, ammunition and explosives Read More …
The facility at the Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR) will be 96% self-sustaining and is scheduled for completion by October. The Canine Training Squadron benefitting from the new build is the largest Squadron within DATR. Home to around 200 working Read More …
A domestic shortage of military working dogs is threatening national security, a recent report from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Post Graduate School warns. “Although working dogs are not an official part of the current defense industrial base, the low domestic Read More …
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – March 13 is National K9 Veterans Day, designated to observe the service and sacrifices of American military working dogs throughout history. Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, plans to honor Read More …
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Regional Command-East, Kosovo Force, travelled to Peja/Peć on March 9 to train with Mine Action Training Kosovo, a humanitarian demining school that trains students in explosive ordnance disposal and identification. 1st Lt. Taylor Firn, officer Read More …
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Security Forces Center-led Government Working Dog Category Intelligence Team aims to improve the cost, process and procurement of government working dogs across 14 federal agencies. The team recently submitted the Working Read More …
In February, male German shepherd puppy named Airasuden Noki arrived from Finland to the Rescue Board’s bomb disposal center. The future bomb dog, nicknamed Yenko, is currently playful, cheerful and likes to play with toys. The Rescue Board has been Read More …
Two Explosive Sniffing Dogs, named Minki and Mukti, trained to sniff out explosives, were slithered down from a naval helicopter onto the offshore oil platform Neelam as part of a simulated bomb threat during the recently concluded Exercise Prasthan and Read More …
It is not just arms and ammunition that provide strength to the Indian Army Soldiers, but dogs as well who have become an integral part of the forces. As we celebrate Army Day on January 15, we should not forget Read More …
Lance Corporal Grant Stevens and his companion Bonny are part of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team newly deployed to Mali A three-hundred strong task group of British soldiers has arrived in Mali as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission (MINUSMA). Read More …
