The unit comprises different breeds. Larger breeds such as German Shepherds and Malinois are mainly protection dogs, while ...

During the holiday season, dozens of boxes line the floor at the US War Dogs office. Each one carefully packed, labeled, and destined for military working dog handlers and their dogs serving overseas.

LEMOORE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Paws of War reunited a military working dog with its former trainer at Lemoore Naval Air Station on Monday. Carlos Arana and Military Training Dog Donnie spent three ...

For the handlers of the 525th Military Working Dog (MWD) Detachment, readiness isn’t just about the mission—it’s about maintaining ...

FORT MEADE, Md. – A Military Working Dog wearing goggles stands cybersecurity duty on the U.S. Department of Defense Global Directory login page every day. That Military Working Dog is Nick, a ...

Carlos Aranda was visibly nervous. Some of it was the assembled news media — camera crews and reporters crammed inside a conference room at the Hampton Inn just off Highway 99 to see what was promised ...

Army Sgt. Michael Fletcher said goodbye to his military working dog Dasty in February 2022, after forging a bond unlike any he’d had with his previous two working dogs. “I didn’t think I was ever ...

In honor of K-9 Veterans Day on Thursday, Air Force Tech Sgt. Blair Pembleton allowed herself to be attacked by a dog. Pembleton, a handler for military working dogs, was wearing the upper half of ...

An eight-year quest to honor the four-legged guardians of freedom known as military working dogs will come to a culmination Monday in San Antonio. The new U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National ...

While animal rescue groups across the globe race to get dogs out of Afghanistan, Pentagon officials want to be very clear: The U.S. military did not leave any of its working dogs behind. Viral photos ...

Army Ssg. Kristin Vanderzanden said leaving Frenky the German Shepherd in 2021 was like "leaving a child behind" Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor ...