Dogs of war: Friends and saviors of Marines in Afghanistan [Image 5 of 9]

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    U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Lacarra, a dog handler with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., and Coot, an improvised explosive device detection dog, hold security in a field during a partnered security patrol with Afghan Border Police here, Jan. 30, 2012. On deployment in Helmand province’s Garmsir district, the ‘America’s Battalion’ dog handlers and their improvised explosive device detection dogs live, travel and work together. In a combat environment largely devoid of the safety and comforts of home, the energetic Labrador retrievers are neither pets nor expendable objects. They’re faithful friends and saviors of Marines. Since arriving here in November, IED detection dogs have found four drug caches and two IEDs.
    Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division
    Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
    Date Taken:01.30.2012
    Location:GARMSIR DISTRICT, AF
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