Military Service Dogs

Military dog adoption uniquely allows civilians to rehome military working dogs.

Military service dogs. John mascolo and his military working dog ajax left await a helicopter pickup with staff sgt. In brief these dogs are especially unique as they re retired from serving. Notably retired from duty military working dogs are now on a special mission by all means to find a forever home. To point out before.

By all measures of performance their yield outperforms any asset we have in our inventory general david petraeus the earliest recorded use of canines in combat was by alyattes of lydia against the. Due to lobbying efforts by veteran dog handlers from the vietnam war congress approved a bill allowing veteran us mwds to be adopted after their military service. The dogs are wearing doggles to prevent sand and debris from getting in their. Army colonel david rolfe s military career has gone to the dogs.

As director of the defense department s military working dog program based here rolfe and his staff are responsible for the health and welfare of some of the most unheralded members of the fighting force. Stiggy s dogs is a non profit organization that rescues and trains shelter dogs to be service dogs for military veterans living with post traumatic stress disorder ptsd or traumatic brain injury tbi. Military working dogs are also known as mwd. Here are 23 facts about military working dogs the capability they bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine.

40 pictures of military service dogs. Manny garcia and his dog jimmy outside forward operating base normandy iraq on tuesday feb. Its estimated 2 300 working dogs.