Rebecca’s war dog of the week: A puppy for perspective
By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense chief canines correspondent Sometimes all you need is a picture. U.S. Marines give some cereal to a stray puppy in northern Marjah, Helmand province on March 24. In breaking war-dog news, here’s a great little piece about Chocolat, the Belgian shepherd who uncovered a Taliban cache of explosives, "enough for ...
By Rebecca Frankel
Best Defense chief canines correspondent
By Rebecca Frankel
Best Defense chief canines correspondent
Sometimes all you need is a picture.
U.S. Marines give some cereal to a stray puppy in northern Marjah, Helmand province on March 24.
In breaking war-dog news, here’s a great little piece about Chocolat, the Belgian shepherd who uncovered a Taliban cache of explosives, "enough for ten bombs during the recent Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan" while patrolling a bazaar.
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