Retired U.S. Air Force Airman 2nd Class Aneillo Monaco (center), Christopher Dion, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration program analyst (left) and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Mel Grover, U.S. Air Force Security Forces Museum Foundation tour guide pose for a photo outside the Security Forces Museum, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 26, 2023. Monaco visited the base for the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument 10-year celebration Oct. 27 on JBSA-Lackland.

Retired U.S. Air Force Airman 2nd Class Aneillo Monaco and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Mel Grover, U.S. Air Force Security Forces Museum Foundation tour guide, share a laugh inside the Security Forces Museum, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 26, 2023. On March 7, 1972, while serving as a patrolman for the New York City Police Department, Monaco and his partner Brandy, a female German Shepard, identified explosives on a Trans World Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport. Monaco visited the base for the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument 10-year celebration Oct. 27 on JBSA-Lackland.

Retired U.S. Air Force Airman 2nd Class Aneillo Monaco (center), retired U.S. Air Force Col. Mel Grover, U.S. Air Force Security Forces Museum Foundation tour guide (left), and Airman 1st Class Donnell Schroeter, who graduated Basic Military Training earlier that morning, pose for a photo outside the Security Forces Museum, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 26, 2023. On March 7, 1972, while serving as a patrolman for the New York City Police Department, Monaco and his partner Brandy, a female German Shepard, identified explosives on a Trans World Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport. Monaco visited the base for the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument 10-year celebration Oct. 27 on JBSA-Lackland.