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18.Most unbelievably, on his voyage over, because he was sightless, the 20-year-old man was deemed not another passenger but a “parcel.” The crew on the ship went so far as to restrict his activity while he was aboard the vessel until the trip was over. “Through Buddy’s Eyes,” Vanderbilt Magazine, Fall 2010, http://www.vanderbilt
.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2010/12/through-buddys-eyes/.
19.“Guide Dog, at 10, Still Aiding Blind,” New York Times, October 16, 1936.
20.Perry R. Chumley, “Medical Perspectives of the Human-Animal Bond Within the Department of Defense,” The United States Army Medical Department Journal (April–June 2012): 18–20.
21.Clayton G. Going, Dogs at War (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945), 164–65.
22.Fairfax Downey, Dogs for Defense: American Dogs in the Second World War 1941–1945 (New York: Dog for Defense, Inc., 1955), 114–115.
23.Ibid.,117.
24.B. M. Levinson, “The Dog as Co-Therapist,” Mental Hygiene 46 (1962): 59–65.
25.Mark Thompson, “Bringing Dogs to Heal,” Time, December 5, 2010.
26.Major Arthur F. Yeager and Captain Jennifer Irwin, “Rehabilitative Canine Interactions at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,” The United States Army Medical Department Journal (April–June 2012): 57–60.
27.Thompson, “Bringing Dogs to Heal.”
28.“Franken-Isakson Service Dogs For Veterans Act Passes Senate: Legislation To Help Wounded Veterans Included In Defense Authorization Bill,” press release, July 24, 2009, http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=592.
29.Janie Lorber, “For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End,” New York Times, April 3, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/us/04dogs.html.
30.Phone interview with Harvey Naranjo, January 27, 2013.
31.James Dao, “After Duty, Dogs Suffer Like Soldiers,” New York Times, December 1, 2011.
chapter 9: the never again wars
1.Clayton G. Going, Dogs at War (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944), 3–4. This is a selection shared by Going but is excerpted from The National Humane Review of the American Humane Association; no author is noted.
2.Phone interview with Justin Harding, January 30, 2013.
3.Dan Lamothe, “Dogs Become Essential in Fight against IEDs,” Marine Corps Times, March 25, 2010.
4.Michael G. Lemish, War Dogs: A History of Loyalty and Heroism (Washington, DC: Brassley’s, 1996), 240. Lemish has compiled this number from after-action reports, which he notes were “spotty at best” and not filed by Marines.
5.Airman 1st Class David Owsianka, “SFS Handler, MWD Receive Bronze Star,” 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, August 12, 2011, http://www.luke.af.mil/news
/story.asp?id=123267984.
6.Peter Maass, “Professor Nagl’s War,” New York Times Magazine, January 11, 2004, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/professor-nagl-s-war.html.
7.From an in-person interview with John Nagl, June 12, 2012.
8.Dan Lamothe, “Afghanistan Drawdown Keeps Logistics Crews Busy,” Marine Corp Times, June 11, 2012, http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/06
/marine-logistics-afghanistan-equipment-leaving-061012/.
chapter 10: home again, home again
1.James Fallows, “Mike the Cat,” Atlantic, December 11, 2013, http://www.the
atlantic.com/personal/archive/2013/12/mike-the-cat/282238/.
epilogue: what we talk about
when we talk about war dogs
1.Mark Derr, A Dog’s History of America (New York: North Point Press, 2004), xvi.
2.Albert Payson Terhune, The Book of Famous Dogs (New York: Triangle Books, 1937), 240–241.
3.Phone interview with Mark Derr, June 21, 2012.
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5-and-25, 113
Afghanistan
Bagram Airfield, 85, 168, 170, 174, 201, 239n29
CPTSD and, 201–2
EOD in, 67–71
Forward Operating Base Castle, 146
Haji Rahmuddin, 121
IEDs and, 112, 114, 152, 207
Korengal valley, 87
military fatalities in, 111–12, 177, 179
military injuries in, 112
MWD in, 3, 5, 56, 80–81, 85, 121–22, 125–26, 140, 143, 145–46, 155–57, 165–71, 173–74, 201–2, 207, 210–11, 213–14, 216–22, 228
Patrol Base Tar, 88–89
PTSD and, 190
suicide bombings in, 76–77
Taliban and, 132
therapy dogs and, 186
Urzugan Province, 152
U.S. and, 4–5, 111–12, 132, 177, 190
see also Operation Enduring Freedom
Albright, Keegan, 218
Alexander the Great, 75
American Air Forces Convalescent Hospital, 195
America’s VetDogs, 186
Amos, James F., 208
Anderson, Mike, 116–17
animal-assisted therapy, 186, 195–96
Animal Heroes of the Great War (Baynes), 53, 93
Ashley, Joshua, 149, 157, 160–68, 175–76, 214–17, 229
Attila the Hun, 3
Bagram Airfield, 85, 168, 170, 174, 201, 239n29
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, 104
Barbero, Michael D., 113–14
Barker, Sandra, 196
Barr, Brady, 49
Barry, Katie, 169, 170–71, 174, 201
Baynes, Ernest Harold, 53, 93, 192
Beauchamp, Phil, 153–54, 160–64, 217
Behan, Kevin, 40, 43, 86–87
Bekoff, Marc, 57–59, 62, 66
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, 180
Blue Cross Society, 79
Boe (Labrador Retriever), 183–91, 199
Boland, Shea, 89–90, 218–19
bomb-sniffing dogs, 3–4, 15–17, 97–99, 115–20, 129, 167, 179, 206–7
Brandy, 115, 117
Cezar, 116–17
Chaney, 218
Dyngo, 123–24
Eli, 220
Ginger, 36
Haus, 93
Lex, 136–37
Rex, 116–17
Sirius, 215
Teri, 120
Bowe, John Brandon, 140, 148
Brave Men (Pyle), 11, 183
Brazas, Sean, 167–68, 175, 243n1, 243n3
breeds of dogs
Belgian Malinois, 49
Belgian sheep dogs, 109
bird dogs, 105
Bloodhounds, 99–100, 103, 239–40n9
Bullmastiffs, 49
Collies, 109–10
Dachschunds, 100
Doberman pinschers, 109
Fox terriers, 105
German shepherds, 25, 34, 37, 45, 48–49, 68, 100, 109–10, 130, 166–67, 172, 193, 195, 200, 213, 224
Giant schnauzers, 109
Greyhounds, 104
hounds, 3, 89, 99–100, 103, 104
Huskies, 108, 110
Labrador retrievers, 80, 88, 115, 183, 242n3
Mastiffs, 78, 104
Pit bulls, 49
Scottish-Irish terriers, 78
Skye terriers, 75
British War Dogs (Richardson), 38
Brodsky, Michael J., 167–68
Bronco, 81–86, 88, 239n29
Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett, 240n25
Burghardt, Walter E., 201
Burton, Joel, 177, 243n10
Bush, George W., 15
Camp Baharia, 13, 19
Camp Dwyer, 211
Camp Huskers, 4
Camp Kaiser, 173
Camp Leatherneck, 146, 165–66, 173, 202–3, 217
Camp Lejeune, 24–25, 160, 213,
243n2
Camp Liberty, 183, 189
Camp Pendleton, 12, 172
canine posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), 201
Cann, Adam, 171–72, 179
Carlson, Ted, 48
Chaffetz, Jason, 118
Chauvet Cave, 74
Chips (dog), 109–10
Churchill, Winston, 110
Civil War, 78, 106, 111, 191, 208, 240n25, 245n12
Coast Guard, 16, 109
Coffey, Keaton, 167–68, 243n3
Colin (Lieutenant), 195
Columbus, Christopher, 104
Combat and Operational Stress Control (COSC), 184, 186–90
combat fatigue, 191
combat tracker dogs, 100, 132, 135–40, 146
Connally, David, 115
Corinthians, dogs and, 3
Cortés, Hernán, 104
counterinsurgency, 137
Counterinsurgency Field Manual (Nagl), 208
Creamer, Zainah, 174–75
Curtis, Sabrina, 200–1
Custer, George Armstrong, 105–6
Da Costa Syndrome, 191, 245n12
Dangerous Encounters (TV series), 49
Davidson, Robyn, 213
Davis, Benjamin, 115
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 119
Department of Defense (DOD), 77, 112–13, 177
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 117–18
Detection Canine Team Program, 116
Derr, Mark, 74, 96, 227–29
“Dog as Co-Therapist, The” (Levinson), 196
Dogs at War (Going), 205
Dog’s Best Friend (Derr), 96
Dog’s History of America, A (Derr), 227
Dog’s Nose Program, 119
Dogs for Defense Program, 3, 38, 108, 110, 195
Dogs of War (Behan), 40
Donovan, Jimmy, 78–79
Doughty, Alyssa, 169–70, 174
drone strikes, 5, 137
Dyngo, 122–26, 157–58, 174, 207, 217
Egypt, dogs and, 3, 160, 190
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 110
Erlanger, Arlene, 107–8
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), 15, 68, 71, 81, 120, 124, 158, 164
Facebook, 80, 174–176, 243n1
Fallujah, 13, 19–20, 22–23, 178–79
Farnsworth, Joshua, 13, 15, 19–22, 179
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 115–16
Ferrell, Kent, 166
Fido, 119–21
FINEX, 152, 161, 164
Frank, Morris, 193–94
Franken, Al, 196
Franklin, Benjamin, 104–5
Freedom of Information Act, 177
Garcia, Eddie, 149, 160, 217
Going, Clayton C., 205
Greyfriars Bobby (dog), 75
Guide Dog Foundation, 186
Gutierrez, Pascual, 55–56, 58
Hachiko (dog), 75
Hamilton, Alexander, 105
Hardesty, Charlie, 129–40, 149, 151, 153, 155, 158–61, 163, 168, 200–1, 215
Harding, Justin, 205–7, 211
Hatala, Matt, 88–90, 217–20
Holyfield, Evander, 49
homemade explosives, 97
Hook, Sara, 198
Horowitz, Alexandra, 54–55, 102
How the Dog Became the Dog (Derr), 74
Howe, William, 105
Hussein, Saddam, 13, 16, 18
Hyrkanus, 75
II-MEF, 165–66, 175, 217
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 3, 15–17, 20, 82, 88, 99–100, 112–14, 119, 124, 133–35, 138, 152, 165, 167, 177, 180, 206–8, 210–11, 215
Improvised Explosive Detector Dog (IEDD) program, 206–7, 211
Inter-Service Advance Skills K–9 (ISAK), 2, 127–29, 140–41, 150–52, 165, 168, 172, 174–75, 180, 200
Iraq
COSC and, 184, 186–90
IEDs and, 111–14
Iraq War, 11–13, 15, 197–99, 208
Marine Corps and, 12–13, 15–23,
67
MWDs and, 3, 5, 14, 17–23, 67, 156–57, 171–72, 176–79, 201
Navy and, 16
training for deployment to, 135, 143
see also Fallujah; Operation Iraqi Freedom
Isakson, Johnny, 196
Jakubin, Christopher, 31–37, 41–46, 48, 50–51, 53–55, 62–65, 93–95, 100–1, 103, 157, 201, 217, 231
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), 113
Jones, Raymond, 160
Junger, Sebastian, 87, 157
Kaminski, Juliane, 59–60
Kartune, William, 13
Keilman, Christopher, 141–42, 150–51, 155–56
Keller, Helen, 183
Kilburn, Roland, 108
King Lysimachus, 75
King, William E., 194
Kitts, Justin, 121–26, 142–43, 150, 157–58, 160–61, 163–64, 167, 174, 207, 217
Knight, Kristopher Reed, 128–29, 143–51, 157–58
Lackland Air Force Base, 31–32, 41, 85, 177, 201, 221
landmines, 119
Lee, Dick A., 167
Lehren, Andrew W., 112
Leoncico, 104
Levinson, Boris, 195–96
luggage screening, 116–17
Lulofs, Sean, 12–15, 19–24, 66–67, 178–79, 210, 224
Lutenberg, John, 99–101
Lynch, Thomas, 170
Maitland, Euphistone, 79
Maldonaldo, Jesse, 172
Mariana, John, 81–86, 88
Marine Corps
Afghanistan and, 4, 80, 88–89
Dogs of Defense program, 38
IEDs and, 15
II Marine Expeditionary, 160
Iraq, 12–13, 15–23, 67
ISAK and, 140, 150
Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), 165, 168, 202–4, 214
MWDs and, 2, 12–13, 16, 25–28, 32, 80, 88–89, 109, 125, 129–30, 135–36, 143–44
Vietnam War and, 111
WWII and, 79
Mattis, James, 16
McCombe, Pete, 132–34
McCoy, Lee, 130–31,149, 151–56, 160–61, 164, 215
Mendez, Jesse, 111
Mendoza, Philip, 150, 217
Miller, Craig, 202–4
Military Working Dogs (MWDs)
Afghanistan and, 3, 5, 56, 80–81, 85, 121–22, 125–26, 140, 143, 145–46, 155–57, 165–71, 173–74, 201–2, 207, 210–11, 213–14, 216–22, 228
handlers, 24, 46, 54–55, 125, 130, 142
individual dogs
Aaslan, 12, 14–15, 19–23, 67, 178, 224
Agbhar, 34–36
Anax, 67–71
Apollo, 186
Boe, 183–91, 199
Brahm, 145
Budge, 186–87
Butch, 186
Chaney, 88–90, 218–20
Fibi, 167
Flapoor, 171–72, 243n10
Fritz, 195
JaJo, 167
Jeny, 142
> Jessy, 142, 200–2
Jingles, 196
Layka, 167
Lulabelle, 194–95
Kaiser, 105, 172–73
Mack, 33–35, 41, 56
Nina, 167
Ody, 202–4
Paco, 167
Patty, 195
Rex, 116–17
Sirius, 149, 157, 160–67, 175–76, 214–17
Taint, 31–37, 65
Timmy, 186
Uudensi, 130–31
Vicky, 100–1, 103
Zach, 186
Zeke, 186
Zora, 166–67
Iraq and, 5, 15–16, 17–23, 67
Marines and, 2, 12–13, 16, 25–28, 32, 80, 88–89, 109, 125, 129–30, 135–36, 143–44
packs, 54–55
World War II and, 173
YPG and, 130, 142, 153, 162
mine dogs, 109, 209
Motz, William, 115
Myers, Charles, 191
MySpace, 174
Nagl, John, 208–9
Najera, Cecilia, 183–90, 199
National Geographic Channel, 49
Natural Dog Training (Behan), 40
Navy
combat fatalities, 167
Iraq and, 16
MWDs and, 2, 108, 178
SEALs, 5
neurathsthenia, 191
night vision goggles (NVG), 153–54, 159, 161, 163, 203
Nixon, Richard, 116
nostalgia, 191
Oates, Michael, 113
Operation Enduring Freedom, 111–12
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 16, 111–12
Operation Phantom Fury, 12
pack structure, 54–55, 58, 85
Patrol Explosive Detection Dogs (PEDD), 146, 166
Peeler, John W., 136–40, 148–49, 160, 217
Petraeus, David, 208
Poelaert, Brendan, 171–72
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), x, 53, 178, 190, 197–98
Pyle, Ernie, 11, 87, 173–74, 183
Rambo, 48, 50
Rawls, Wilson, 1
“Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week” (column), 4
Red Cross, 38, 106, 195
Reese, Gregory, 120–21
Revolutionary War, 105, 111, 209
Richardson, E.H., 31, 37–39, 44, 66, 80–81, 103
Ricks, Thomas E., ix-xi, 4
Robby Law (2000), 177, 210, 243n10
Roberts, Fred, 2
Roethler, Eric, 213–17
Rogal, Taylor, 120–21
Rogers, Will, 165
Romans, dogs and, 3, 75, 190