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37th Training Wing: Gentle leaders for gentle giants
September 26, 2022 — Considering the 37th Training Wing is home to training all military working dogs for the Department of Defense and other agencies, it is no surprise Airmen from the 341st Training Squadron found a new way to improve the exercise of the gentle giants of our force – using a gentle leader. A gentle leader is a collar, except it’s not the traditional collar that goes around a dog’s neck. Instead, it is a head collar that goes around a dog’s snout, which prevents them from being “pullers.”... 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

Four-legged students to train in new ‘classroom’ designed for explosive detection
June 4, 2021 — Canines enrolled in the Military Working Dog training program here now get to put their skills to the test in a new “classroom” designed specifically for explosive or narcotics detection training... MORE

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