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Miss America gets bit by military working dog
October 9, 2024
— Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, Miss America 2024, donned the famous bite sleeve on Oct. 8 at the 37th Training Wing to experience first-hand what it takes to train the elite K-9 teams that play a vital role in national security...
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902nd Security Forces Squadron bites into training
September 25, 2024
— Members of the 902nd Security Forces Squadron recently put their military working dogs through their paces during a training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph...
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LeadershipSA group gains insight into the military during JBSA-Fort Sam Houston visit
September 19, 2024
— A group of more than 50 San Antonio community leaders gained insight into several areas of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during a visit by LeadershipSA on Sept. 11, 2024...
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Navy's four-legged secret weapon: Small dogs, big mission
August 20, 2024
— Sniffing out the source of danger comes naturally to Military Working Dogs. The MWDs that come to mind are fierce Belgian Malinois that leap over barriers to uncover perpetrators and gritty German Shepards who chase down the enemy. However, the U.S. Navy’s secret four-legged weapon weighs less than 25 pounds...
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Military Working Dogs getting new home on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
March 19, 2024
— Security Forces on Joint Base San Antonio have a unique force multiplier helping provide security on a whole other level by way of specially trained Military Working Dogs...
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Military Working Dog Scheduling Cell keeps senior leaders safe
March 1, 2024
— When the military is tasked with protecting national leaders and foreign dignitaries, it’s not just boots on the ground … it’s dog paws too. The Air Force Security Forces Center performs the central role in providing military working dog support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of State, U.S. Secret Service and White House Military Office. ...
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U.S. Military Working Dog Teams observe 10th anniversary of monument
November 1, 2023
— The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument 10th anniversary commemoration was held Oct. 27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The ceremony was held to highlight the contribution to our nation’s defense and to honor military working dog teams past and present, thanking them for their serve to their country. ...
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U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conducts test of veterinary anesthesia apparatus on military working dogs
June 6, 2023
— The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conduced a test of a veterinary anesthesia apparatus for the U.S. Army Material Development Agency on April 19, 2023. The test was conducted at the Holland Military Working Dog Hospital located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas...
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Mission Monday: Military Working Dog Management System
January 23, 2023
— It’s Mission Monday. Robert Marure is the Military Working Dog Management System contracting officer representative at the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Teams protect hundreds of military working dogs from weather in Texas
February 18, 2021
— The Warhawk Nation came together to protect their own Feb. 13, transporting 804 military working dogs indoors in preparation for severe winter weather in the Alamo Region...
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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...
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JBSA-Lackland, USPS San Antonio honor Military Working Dogs
August 16, 2019
— Members of the Security Forces community and the U.S. Postal Service gathered at the Military Working Dog Monument at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 15 for a local ceremony to unveil the new U.S. Postal Service MWD forever stamp. Headquarters USPS officially unveiled the stamp at the American Philatelic Society’s 133rd annual convention Aug. 1, in Omaha, Nebraska. ...
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Retired MWDs looking for family, homes, couches
July 26, 2019
— Thousands of Military Working Dogs are stationed around the world placing themselves in harm’s way detecting bombs, land mines and subduing threatening people; all in the name of keeping Americans safe. Eventually, these canines retire and some can be adopted by the public to live as a couch potato...
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MWD Foster Puppy Program raises future four-legged warriors
May 23, 2019
— The Joint Base San Antonio military working dog foster puppy program places fosters with four-legged future warriors for six months before they enter the next phase of specialized training...
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Joint Base San Antonio purchases, trains DOD military working dogs
April 5, 2019
— About 10 percent of military working dogs for the Department of Defense are bred in San Antonio, however, the rest are purchased from nearly 30 vendors stateside and overseas...
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Military Working Dog care even better with opening of rehab facility and recovery kennels
July 2, 2018
— Recovering four-legged warriors are getting enhanced rehabilitation therapy thanks to the new Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Facility at the Lt. Col. Daniel E Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland...
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