As an oversized pick-up truck rolled into a dusty gravel lot, the silver trailer in tow was filled with the echoes of barking dogs ready for action. Members of the 21st Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog section were preparing for training exercises, Jan. 18 to help prepare members that would soon be deploying.
Tech. Sgt. Loren Surley, 21st SFS MWD trainer and supervisor, the leader of the day’s exercises, explained the primary intent of this training was to reinforce the teamwork concept between the handlers and their dogs while familiarizing them with ‘outside-the-wire’ missions searching for drugs, bombs or on patrol.
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