On the day after Osama bin Laden’s assassination, we came across a throwaway line among the stories on the 9/11 mastermind’s death: The U.S. commando team that took down the al Qaeda head was made up of 79 soldiers -- and one dog.
Good thing, then, that we already had Chief Canine Correspondent Rebecca Frankel on staff -- who was a grizzled veteran of the war dog beat for Tom Ricks’s Best Defense blog. Frankel knew intimately the value of dogs in the military -- a long legacy harkening back to World War II. and with thousands of their counterparts today serving with valor from Baghdad to Kabul.
Thus was born the War Dog photo essay, which, along with its successor, became FP’s most successful feature ever, with a whopping 11 million page views. Frankel continues to write a weekly column for Tom Ricks’s Best Defense blog, where she profiles canines and their trainers on deployments across the world’s war zones.
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Foreign Policy’s annual Failed States Index profiles the world’s most vulnerable countries (and reliably prompts angry denials from their governments). These stunning images portray life in the 60 worst-ranking countries on the Index -- an existence too often dominated by squalor, poverty, and war.
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Anders Behring Breivik, a far-right xenophobe, shocked the world when he murdered 77 people, many of them children, with a car bomb attack in the Norwegian capital of Oslo and a shooting rampage on a nearby island on July 22. These images of Norway’s cushy penal system -- where prisoners have flat-screen televisions and mini-fridges in their rooms -- stood in stark contrast to the cold-blooded horror of Breivik’s crimes.
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Wow, excellent dogs indeed
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Yes you are right !! The dogs which we use in wars are really faithful !
When we go to war, they go to war.
Throughout the histories of warfare, from the days of the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Persians and the conquests of the Roman Empire.
To the United Nation's Police Action in Korea, the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, and more recently during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Dogs have undergone active service at the sides of their masters, they have played the role of hero, by showing bravery under fire, saving lives (often by sacrificing their own), and bringing comfort to the injured and infirm.
Atilla the Hun, used giant Molossian dogs, precursors of the mastiff, and Talbots, ancestors of the bloodhound, in his campaigns.
During the Middle Ages, war dogs were outfited with armor and frequently were used to defend caravans.
And in the Seven Years War, Russian dogs were used as messengers by the army of Frederick the Great.
Napoleon had dogs posted as sentries at the gates of Alexandria, in Egypt, to warn his troops of any attacks.
Two centuries earlier, on this side of the Atlantic, they helped the Spaniards conquer the indians of Mexico and Peru.
Then later on, it was the native North American Indians who were to develop the use of dogs for pack and draft work, as well as for sentry duty.
In the early part of the 14th Century, the French Navy started to use attack dogs in St. Malo, France, to guard naval dock installations. These were used up to 1770, when they were abolished after a young naval officer was unfortunately killed by one of the dogs.
The first recorded American Canine Corp was during the Seminole War of 1835, and again in 1842, in Florida and Louisana, where Cuban-bred bloodhounds were used by the army to track the indians and runaway slaves in the swamps!
And during the bleakest time in the history of the United States, the Civil War, dogs were used as messengers, guards and as mascots.
In 1884, the German Army established the first organize Military School for training war dogs at Lechernich, near Berlin; and in 1885 wrote the very first training manual for MWD.
In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, dogs were used by Teddy's Roughriders, as scouts in the jungles of Cuba.
By the early part of the twentieth century most European countries were utilizing dogs in their armies and for police work.
In 1904, Imperial Russia used ambulance dogs during the Russo-Japanese War; trained by a British dog fancier, who later went on to establish the first Army Dog School in England, at the start of The Great War.
The Bulgarians and Italians employed dogs as sentries during the war in the Balkans and in Tripoli, as did the British on the Abor Expedition in the Himalayas.
Dogs were used in sizable numbers in both World War I and II, particularly by the Germans, French, Belgians; and proved to be of considerable value!
In 1988, the Israeli Special Forces sent bomb carrying Rottweilers on a suicide mission, code named "Blue and Brown," against enemy bunkers in Lebanon. But more about that later!
And when the Berlin Wall came down, Nov. 9, 1989, the East German communist government was using 5,000 dogs just to patrol the wall and another 2,500 watch dogs plus 2,700 so called horse dogs to patrol their borders.
During the Gulf War, at least 1,177 highly trained German Shepherds were use by the French forces to guard and protect their troops, supplies and aircraft. The USA used 88 teams.
But it was initially during the days of the Roman Empire, that entire formations of attack dogs, frequently equipped with armour or spiked collars were sent into battle against the enemy as a recognized and effective instruments of offensive warfare.
However, recently with the development of modern long range warfare and the consequential change in military tactics, the value of dogs as combat soldiers has steadily diminished.
But at the same time their usefulness in other military activities has increased.
This is their story and in some ways, mans as well! When we go to war, they go to war.
Throughout the histories of warfare, from the days of the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Persians and the conquests of the Roman Empire.
To the United Nation's Police Action in Korea, the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, and more recently during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Dogs have undergone active service at the sides of their masters, they have played the role of hero, by showing bravery under fire, saving lives (often by sacrificing their own), and bringing comfort to the injured and infirm.
Atilla the Hun, used giant Molossian dogs, precursors of the mastiff, and Talbots, ancestors of the bloodhound, in his campaigns.
During the Middle Ages, war dogs were outfited with armor and frequently were used to defend caravans.
And in the Seven Years War, Russian dogs were used as messengers by the army of Frederick the Great.
Napoleon had dogs posted as sentries at the gates of Alexandria, in Egypt, to warn his troops of any attacks.
Two centuries earlier, on this side of the Atlantic, they helped the Spaniards conquer the indians of Mexico and Peru.
Then later on, it was the native North American Indians who were to develop the use of dogs for pack and draft work, as well as for sentry duty.
In the early part of the 14th Century, the French Navy started to use attack dogs in St. Malo, France, to guard naval dock installations. These were used up to 1770, when they were abolished after a young naval officer was unfortunately killed by one of the dogs.
The first recorded American Canine Corp was during the Seminole War of 1835, and again in 1842, in Florida and Louisana, where Cuban-bred bloodhounds were used by the army to track the indians and runaway slaves in the swamps!
And during the bleakest time in the history of the United States, the Civil War, dogs were used as messengers, guards and as mascots.
In 1884, the German Army established the first organize Military School for training war dogs at Lechernich, near Berlin; and in 1885 wrote the very first training manual for MWD.
In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, dogs were used by Teddy's Roughriders, as scouts in the jungles of Cuba.
By the early part of the twentieth century most European countries were utilizing dogs in their armies and for police work.
In 1904, Imperial Russia used ambulance dogs during the Russo-Japanese War; trained by a British dog fancier, who later went on to establish the first Army Dog School in England, at the start of The Great War.
The Bulgarians and Italians employed dogs as sentries during the war in the Balkans and in Tripoli, as did the British on the Abor Expedition in the Himalayas.
Dogs were used in sizable numbers in both World War I and II, particularly by the Germans, French, Belgians; and proved to be of considerable value!
In 1988, the Israeli Special Forces sent bomb carrying Rottweilers on a suicide mission, code named "Blue and Brown," against enemy bunkers in Lebanon. But more about that later!
And when the Berlin Wall came down, Nov. 9, 1989, the East German communist government was using 5,000 dogs just to patrol the wall and another 2,500 watch dogs plus 2,700 so called horse dogs to patrol their borders.
During the Gulf War, at least 1,177 highly trained German Shepherds were use by the French forces to guard and protect their troops, supplies and aircraft. The USA used 88 teams.
But it was initially during the days of the Roman Empire, that entire formations of attack dogs, frequently equipped with armour or spiked collars were sent into battle against the enemy as a recognized and effective instruments of offensive warfare.
However, recently with the development of modern long range warfare and the consequential change in military tactics, the value of dogs as combat soldiers has steadily diminished.
But at the same time their usefulness in other military activities has increased.
This is their story and in some ways, mans as well!
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January 6, 2012
Good answer indeed !! Thanks
Good answer indeed !!
Thanks for such a good reply :)