Essay On Military Dogs

Someone once said, “He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.” Dogs are loyal and faithful animals, dogs are said to be man’s best friend. One huge way they are so devoted to people, is in the military. Dogs impact the U.S. military personnel in many positive ways.
One of the first ways dogs help the military personnel, is in recon and weapon detection. Military dogs bring a lot to the table, they can detect bombs and they are trained to kill as recon. In the article “10 Things You May Not Know About Military Dogs,” Sergeant Stubby helped the military in World War One, “Sergeant Stubby of the 102nd Infantry, Yankee Division
Stubby went on to detect enemy gas, bark out warnings when rival troops were near and locate the wounded on the battlefield. By the start of WWII, the military had recognized the value canine soldiers could bring and began using them primarily for recon.”(BarkPost Stories, 2014) Without these dogs and Sergeant Stubby in particular, the US might not have won World War One. They have unique skills that people are using to their advantage. If the US didn't use dogs they would be in even greater conflict with rival countries. Over the years dogs have developed more skills that improve our military, all because of Sergeant Stubby’s heroism and braveness. Sergeant Stubby might have been the one that paved the way for military dogs, but there are many dogs in action now. BarkPost Stories explain, “Today, more than 1,000 dogs are trained at any given time by a staff of 125 from all branches of military service. The complex training techniques are designed to utilize the dogs’ natural gifts for focus and aggression to their advantage. German Shepherds and Labradors can detect weapons, bombs, gases and drugs more accurately than any available military equipment.” (2014)This shows that dogs are flexible, they can be trained in