War Dogs (32 page)

Knight, Kristopher Reed,
128
–29,
143
–51,
157
–58

Lackland Air Force Base,
31
–32,
41
,
85
,
177
,
201
,
221

landmines,
119

Lee, Dick A.,
167

Lehren, Andrew W.,
112

Leoncico,
104

Levinson, Boris,
195
–96

luggage screening,
116
–17

Lulofs, Sean,
12
–15,
19
–24,
66
–67,
178
–79,
210
,
224

Lutenberg, John,
99
–101

Lynch, Thomas,
170

Maitland, Euphistone,
79

Maldonaldo, Jesse,
172

Mariana, John,
81
–86,
88

Marine Corps

Afghanistan and,
4
,
80
,
88
–89

Dogs of Defense program,
38

IEDs and,
15

II Marine Expeditionary,
160

Iraq,
12
–13,
15
–23,
67

ISAK and,
140
,
150

Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC),
165
,
168
,
202
–4,
214

MWDs and,
2
,
12
–13,
16
,
25
–28,
32
,
80
,
88
–89,
109
,
125
,
129
–30,
135
–36,
143
–44

Vietnam War and,
111

WWII and,
79

Mattis, James,
16

McCombe, Pete,
132
–34

McCoy, Lee,
130
–31,149,
151
–56,
160
–61,
164
,
215

Mendez, Jesse,
111

Mendoza, Philip,
150
,
217

Miller, Craig,
202
–4

Military Working Dogs (MWDs)

Afghanistan and,
3
,
5
,
56
,
80
–81,
85
,
121
–22,
125
–26,
140
,
143
,
145
–46,
155
–57,
165
–71,
173
–74,
201
–2,
207
,
210
–11,
213
–14,
216
–22,
228

handlers,
24
,
46
,
54
–55,
125
,
130
,
142

individual dogs

Aaslan,
12
,
14
–15,
19
–23,
67
,
178
,
224

Agbhar,
34
–36

Anax,
67
–71

Apollo,
186

Boe,
183
–91,
199

Brahm,
145

Budge,
186
–87

Butch,
186

Chaney,
88
–90,
218
–20

Fibi,
167

Flapoor,
171
–72,
243
n10

Fritz,
195

JaJo,
167

Jeny,
142

Jessy,
142
,
200
–2

Jingles,
196

Layka,
167

Lulabelle,
194
–95

Kaiser,
105
,
172
–73

Mack,
33
–35,
41
,
56

Nina,
167

Ody,
202
–4

Paco,
167

Patty,
195

Rex,
116
–17

Sirius,
149
,
157
,
160
–67,
175
–76,
214
–17

Taint,
31
–37,
65

Timmy,
186

Uudensi,
130
–31

Vicky,
100
–1,
103

Zach,
186

Zeke,
186

Zora,
166
–67

Iraq and,
5
,
15
–16,
17
–23,
67

Marines and,
2
,
12
–13,
16
,
25
–28,
32
,
80
,
88
–89,
109
,
125
,
129
–30,
135
–36,
143
–44

packs,
54
–55

World War II and,
173

YPG and,
130
,
142
,
153
,
162

mine dogs,
109
,
209

Motz, William,
115

Myers, Charles,
191

MySpace,
174

Nagl, John,
208
–9

Najera, Cecilia,
183
–90,
199

National Geographic Channel,
49

Natural Dog Training
(Behan),
40

Navy

combat fatalities,
167

Iraq and,
16

MWDs and,
2
,
108
,
178

SEALs,
5

neurathsthenia,
191

night vision goggles (NVG),
153
–54,
159
,
161
,
163
,
203

Nixon, Richard,
116

nostalgia,
191

Oates, Michael,
113

Operation Enduring Freedom,
111
–12

Operation Iraqi Freedom,
16
,
111
–12

Operation Phantom Fury,
12

pack structure,
54
–55,
58
,
85

Patrol Explosive Detection Dogs (PEDD),
146
,
166

Peeler, John W.,
136
–40,
148
–49,
160
,
217

Petraeus, David,
208

Poelaert, Brendan,
171
–72

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), x,
53
,
178
,
190
,
197
–98

Pyle, Ernie,
11
,
87
,
173
–74,
183

Rambo,
48
,
50

Rawls, Wilson,
1

“Rebecca's War Dog of the Week” (column),
4

Red Cross,
38
,
106
,
195

Reese, Gregory,
120
–21

Revolutionary War,
105
,
111
,
209

Richardson, E.H.,
31
,
37
–39,
44
,
66
,
80
–81,
103

Ricks, Thomas E., ix-xi,
4

Robby Law (2000),
177
,
210
,
243
n10

Roberts, Fred,
2

Roethler, Eric,
213
–17

Rogal, Taylor,
120
–21

Rogers, Will,
165

Romans, dogs and,
3
,
75
,
190

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
110

Rusk, Colton,
80
,
175
,
220
–24

Russ, Dontarie,
130
–31

Russell, John M.,
183
–84,
190

Russia,
38
,
109

Sabinus, Titus,
75

Salisbury, Beth,
183
,
185

Sammon, John,
118

Schmitt, William,
115

Service Dogs for Veterans Act (2009),
196

shell shock,
191

smell, dogs and,
96
–97,
99
,
102
–3,
119
,
138

Specialized Search Dogs (SSDs),
145
–46,
152

Stone, William,
151
–52,
155
–56

Strader, Wayne,
116
–17

stress,
21
,
61
,
68
,
86
,
153
–54,
166
–67,
183
–84,
186
,
190
–91,
196
,
199
,
201
,
220
,
227

suicide,
75
,
184
,
190
,
244
n8

suicide bombings 5,
171

suicide dogs,
109

Tactical Explosion Detection Dogs (TEDDs),
167

Taliban,
80
,
122
,
124
,
132
,
136

Tarwoe, Abraham,
167

Tel Aviv University,
102

Terhune, Albert Payson,
75
,
237
–38n4

terrorism,
16
,
112
,
114

therapy dogs,
5
,
184
,
186
–87,
191
–92,
194
–99

Thorneburg, Robert,
79
–80

Tosca (military dog),
168
–71

Transportation Security Administration (TSA),
116
–18

Tyson, Mike,
49

U.S. Air Force Academy,
32
–34,
36
,
45
,
50
,
55
,
62
–63,
174
,
201
,
217

Vidal, William,
168
–71,
174

Vietnam War,
3
,
5
,
16
–17,
24
–29,
110
–11,
137
,
171
–72,
191
,
207
,
209
–11,
224
,
235
n8

visual acuity, dogs and,
102

Volpe, John,
116

Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
186
,
197
–98

War
(Junger),
87
,
157

War Dog Service,
192

Warrior Transition Brigade,
197
–98

Washington, George,
105

weapons of mass destruction,
16

Where the Red Fern Grows
(Rawls),
1
,
223

Whittaker, Marc,
67
–71

Wilson, Robert,
148

Wirt, Michael D.,
179
–80

wolves,
54
–55,
58
,
74

World War I, x,
37
,
66
,
79
,
103
,
106
–7,
191
–92,
195

World War II,
3
,
29
,
40
,
79
,
87
,
107
,
109
–11,
173
,
191
,
194
,
197
,
207
–9,
211
,
224

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Training Program,
197
,
207

Wren family,
110

Wrinkle, Christopher,
168
–71

Yuma Proving Ground (YPG),
2
,
4
,
125
,
127
–64,
165
,
168
,
172
,
174
–75,
180
,
200
,
215

Your Dog Is Your Mirror
(Behan),
40
,
86