{"id":967,"date":"2011-11-18T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=967"},"modified":"2011-11-10T19:42:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T19:42:11","slug":"a-tribute-to-military-working-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/11\/a-tribute-to-military-working-dogs.html","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Military Working Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/10\/war-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-996\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/10\/war-dog-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Today\u2019s feature was submitted by a subscriber who states, <em>\u201cI received the following from a friend in Australia; it is a beautiful tribute to Military Working Dogs no matter what country they work for.\u00a0 Got to tell you, got a lump in my throat watching this as my Big Rocky was sitting by my side when I watched it.\u00a0 I was thinking how broken-hearted I would be if I were to lose Rocky in Battle or at Home.\u00a0 Check out the Black Lab wearing a bush hat in Vietnam.\u00a0 I remember that all the Labs didn&#8217;t come home during the Vietnam War and to this day their handlers have not forgotten them.\u00a0 Thank goodness that&#8217;s changed; today they can return home and forever live with the handler and his family.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGod Bless our best mate, the Loyal Dog.\u00a0 It would be a sad place without them.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/willolee1?feature=mhee#p\/u\/1\/xy_VWrVyJa0\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to view the tribute.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Loyal Subscribers!\u00a0 We need some help.\u00a0 The purpose of our &#8220;Heart&#8221; section is to publish stories of the experiences, contributions and sacrifices of our military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and public service personnel (police officers, fire fighters, EMS, merchant marines and others in the public sector) as well as stories of their families.\u00a0 Please search your memory and computer for a few and\u00a0send them to Bill\u00a0(CPT Otis) O&#8217;Quin at <strong><a href=\"mailto:boquin@ix.netcom.com\">boquin@ix.netcom.com<\/a><\/strong> for possible publication. \u00a0Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Important links for updated military\/defense information:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/news?ESRC-di.nl\">The Daily News Briefing<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/News\/Home?ESRC-di.nl\">:<\/a> Today&#8217;s News for the U.S. Military, their families and friends.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/Trivia\/Home\/\"> The Military Trivia Challenge:<\/a><\/strong> Register and test your knowledge about military history.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/\"> U.S. Department of Defense:<\/a><\/strong> Military Defense News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s feature was submitted by a subscriber who states, \u201cI received the following from a friend in Australia; 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