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PHOTOS | Mika the Military Working Dog retires after nine years service
April 12, 2023 — Mika, a Military Working Dog with the 802nd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland retired April 10, 2023, after nine years of service... MORE

Security Forces Military Working Dog K9 Mika Retires

A Day in Dad’s Life: Gold Star family member spends day with MWD trainers
January 3, 2023 — A Gold Star Family Member spent the day with military working dog trainers here at the 341st Training Squadron Dec. 21, 2022. After losing his father at 7 years old, it was always his dream to experience the work his father did to serve the nation... MORE

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JBSA-Randolph dog handlers continue the mission
December 29, 2022 — Military Working Dogs have served alongside service members in combat in every major conflict since the American Revolution. Today, they’re trained to perform a wide range of highly specialized tasks such as sniffing out bombs and drugs, tracking and close protection work... MORE

341st Training Squadron holds first military working dog expo
November 23, 2022 — The 341st Training Squadron held its first military working dog expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 18... MORE

Actor Channing Tatum visits JBSA, Military Working Dogs
February 17, 2022 — Channing Tatum, star and co-director of the upcoming movie “Dog,” visited Joint Base San Antonio Feb. 9 on a USO tour to promote the movie, visit with military members, as well as learn about the missions of various units... MORE

341st TRS opens third specialized MWD training lab
January 12, 2022 — The 341st Training Squadron, home of the Military Working Dog program for the Department of Defense, opened its third specialized training lab at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 5, 2022... MORE

Military Working Dogs: JBSA’s four-legged defenders
September 16, 2021 — Members and canines from the 902nd Security Forces Squadron’s military working dog section train daily together to practice operations such as drug and explosive detection, aggressor apprehension, specialized missions, and daily base patrols... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taylor Bryant, 902nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, runs with his MWD during a hurdle training exercise

International military students tour military working dog facilities
July 8, 2021 — More than 50 international students recently took a break from their courses at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy for a field studies program that took them away from their desks and into the facilities that house military working dogs... MORE

AFSFC assessment tool improves health, readiness of military working dogs
July 6, 2021 — The upgrades are a result of Kennel Health Assessment 2.0, Air Force Security Forces Center’s web-based evaluation system that tracks and evaluates the condition of military working dog kennel facilities across the Air Force... MORE

Nelson, a military working dog at the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Working dog team travels overseas to purchase four-legged trainees
June 25, 2021 — Travel is a regularity for the 341st Training Squadron and Department of Defense Veterinary Service working dog procurement team. These trips are vital to procure working dogs for the DOD and Transportation Security Administration... MORE

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Showcase highlights talents of 37th Training Group
June 11, 2021 — Approximately 800 technical training students, permanent party Airmen and their families got a firsthand view of several Air Force career fields during the 37th Training Group Showcase held May 14... MORE

Physical, occupational therapy addresses injury prevention for MWD handlers
April 21, 2021 — In a physically and mentally demanding occupation, military working dog handlers with the 341st Training Squadron are exposed to risks. These risks are typically workplace injuries... MORE

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-CHAPMAN TRAINING ANNEX, Texas – In a physically and mentally demanding occupation, 341st Training Squadron military working dog (MWD) handlers are exposed to risks. These risks are typically workplace injuries.

Air Force Security Forces Center to improve U.S. government-wide working dog programs
March 4, 2021 — 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. ... MORE

Sofi, 9th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog, waits with her handler Staff Sgt. Jason Herrier, at a simulated checkpoint during military working dog detection training on Beale Air Force Base.

AMEDD Board tests Canine Thermal Monitor, Mobile Application and Collar at JBSA-Lackland
September 4, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Board, or USAMEDDBD, assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, conducted an operational assessment of the Canine Thermal Monitor, Mobile Application and Collar at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 17-21... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jacob Howard, a Military Working Dog handler, and MWD Ppuritan are evaluated by a U.S. Army Medical Department Board test officer.

AFSFC launches software to monitor health of Military Working Dogs
July 17, 2020 — The Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has officially launched the Kennel Health Assessment 2.0 project to ascertain the holistic state of all of the kennels across the U.S. Air Force and ensure the well-being of all Military Working Dogs... MORE

Vanda, a military working dog, or MWD, trainee assigned to the 341st Training Squadron, runs through a tunnel during obedience training Nov. 17, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The course is designed to improve agility, reaction time and stamina in the military working dogs as part of their training.

Ruck Racism: JBSA community leans in
June 18, 2020 — People from across Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland came together as a military community June 13 in a show of solitary in hopes to bring awareness and compassion to a very sensitive and complex topic. This Ruck Racism event was an opportunity to take a moment to express, to listen, to understand, and to reflect as wingmen. ... MORE

Graphic of photos from the Ruck Racism event on JBSA-Lackland hosted June 13, 2020.

SA Rotary Club members virtually immerse in K-9 handler training
June 9, 2020 — Cadre members of the 341st Training Squadron’s K-9 Handlers course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland showcased the training military members undergo to become military working dog handlers during a virtual demonstration for members of the San Antonio Rotary Club of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, June 3... MORE

Military working dog handler training students from the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy pose for a photo following a K-9 demonstration for the Fair Oaks, Texas, Rotary Club June 3, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Fourth graders go behind the 'virtual' scenes at K-9 training
May 21, 2020 — The 341st Training Squadron conducts all military working dog initial training, as well as all MWD handlers' courses, for the Department of Defense at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. This elite team was able to share what they do with a class of fourth-grade students from Buda Elementary School during a virtual canine demonstration May 18. ... MORE

The 341st Training Squadron conducts all military working dog initial training as well as all MWD handlers courses for the Department of Defense right here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. This elite team was able to share what they do with a class of 4th grade students from Buda Elementary School during a virtual canine demonstration, May 18, 2020.

Paw Prints in the Field: The History of K9 Veterans
March 11, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is known as the hub for U.S. Military Working Dog training for all of the armed forces. The kennels on JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Chapman Training Annex are where each dog gets their start. But the history of military working dogs begins even further back than Lackland Air Force Base... MORE

AETC names Training Support Officer of the Year
February 24, 2020 — Maj. Tate Grogan, 341st Training Squadron Director of Operations at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was named the Air Education and Training Command’s Training Support Officer of the Year Jan. 31... MORE