Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Joseph Phillips, a military working dog handler, conducts aggression training with his military working dog, Drago. (Sgt. 1st ...

On March 13, 1942, the United States launched the War Dog Program during World War II, later known as the Army K-9 Corps. However, even before that, loyal dogs had been accompanying soldiers to war.

At least four military working dogs died after being housed in kennels that a recent Defense Department inspector general report called unsatisfactory. IG investigators visited a dozen military ...

To fall short of first-rate care is a betrayal of our responsibilities to animals who give their lives for America," one ...

Four military working dogs died between the 2021 and 2023 fiscal years because they were housed and trained in "aging and unsatisfactory kennel facilities," the Defense Department inspector general ...

The Department of Defense on Tuesday pushed back on reports that military working dogs were left behind in Afghanistan amid U.S. military evacuations in Kabul earlier this week. However, animals ...

Sgt. Joseph Phillips, a military working dog handler, conducts aggression training with his military working dog, Drago. (Sgt. 1st Class Tanisha Karn/Army) Non-training military working dogs at bases ...