The Canine Army Heros
Hundreds of dogs have been sent to Afghanistan by the US since the start of the war to serve alongside the soldiers there. According to a Bloomberg article in August 2017, roughly 1,600 Military War Dogs – as they’re called – were either in the field or helping recovering veterans.
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This equates to approximately one dog for every three US soldiers currently in Afghanistan. With the sheer volume of improvised explosive devices – bombs constructed and developed in ways other than in conventional military action – dogs were critical in the effort to identify and disarm them.