Given Noah’s past interest in military dogs, I thought it appropriate to note that the Army, for the first time since 1977, has issued a new field manual on military working dogs — MWDs, described in the document as “the only living item[s] in the Army supply system.“
As the FM notes,the missions for military pooches have changed dramatically over the years. They’re now used in everything from warfighting to crowd control and, of course, bomb-sniffing.
But there are probably a few former prisoners in Iraq who’d take issue with this assertion:
The highly aggressive dog tactics of the 1960s and 1970s are long gone.
Hat tip: Steve Aftergood.
– posted by Dan Dupont
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Hi,
I have used dogs very effectively in law enforcement. The military services are very prudent to use dogs in Iraq and Aghanistan. Words cannot describe how valuable these working canines can be in dangerous areas.
We must remember to undertake measures to keep the dogs hydrated, etc., in the intense heat of Iraq.