1970 & 2015
DOGS of WAR D CENTURIES OF SUPPORT
This Soldier and his Doberman served during World War II. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections)
TRAINING FOR MISSION SUCCESS
A military working dog (MWD) handler runs his military working/ patrol explosive detection dog through explosive device detection training. MWDs must be trained and certified in detecting both military-grade and homemade explosives, and must be recertified annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt Adrian Cadiz)
ogs are no strangers to war. Indeed, it’s likely that canine militarization is as old as canine domestication. His-
torical accounts of dogs participating in warfare date at least as far back as the mid- dle of the seventh century B.C. According to a 1915 article in Te New York Times, the Egyptians used dogs in war in the fifth century B.C., and “it is certain that no metaphor was intended by Shakespeare when he made Antony exclaim, ‘Cry “havoc” and let slip the dogs of war.’ ”
In the November-December 1970 issue of this magazine’s predecessor publication, Army Research and Development maga- zine, the article “Canine Caution Warns Troops of Concealed Dangers” describes how “canine consciousness of concealed danger may have saved the lives of many American soldiers engaged in combat in Southeast Asia.”
Te article concludes with the news that the program to supply those dogs out of the U.S. Army Land Warfare Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, had earned John J. Romba, a research psy- chologist, and Dr. Max Krauss, chief of the lab’s Biological Science Branch, DA commendations “for meritorious service in recognition of their work on the project.”
Today, 45 (human) years on, dogs still play an important role in the Army, thanks to their intelligence, highly devel- oped sense of smell and highly accurate hearing. But today’s dogs have much better accommodations, and their han- dlers now have the proper equipment for training and health, thanks to the Project Manager for Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) of the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Ammunition. Te following article tells the story.
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THEN & NOW
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