Back in November I posted a terrific piece, The Puppy Program, about the Department of Defense (DoD) Breeding Program located at Lackland Airbase.

I promised you a second part, so today ladies and gentlemen here it is!

Since I was delayed getting this next piece out,  I’m going share a special something with you all. I am going to share with you how you can become an active contributor to the Breeding Progam.

Yes, you can help raise these future 4 legged heroes.

Eight weeks after the birth the puppies, they  go home with qualified and dedicated ‘foster’ volunteers from the greater San Antonio/Austin area. During the ‘foster’ period, the pups are raised in secure, nurturing homes that provide learning and play opportunities, as well as outings for the puppies to be exposed to different environments and people to develop a … Read More »

I happened upon the photo above on Twitter from a kind Canadien chap. This is an absolute heart melting photo!

Thanks for sharing Dave……..his caption was, ”Tracer, Trooper & Trigger … Handler Sergeant J. White, CD”

I simply loved it and had to share!

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Completely changing gears here, I wanted to let you all know about a new book coming out that I’m very interested in reading entitled, Breaking Iraq – The Ten Mistakes That Broke Iraq.

The book will be released on March 19, the 10th Anniversary of the war in Iraq and was written by Colonel (Retired) Ted Spain and Terry D. Turchie, a former Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI.

Colonel Spain commanded the 18th Military Police Brigade during the ground war and subsequent occupation of Iraq. I served in this brigade with Colonel Spain. He is … Read More »

There was a major issue with my Monday post and I’m still trying to figure out the cause. That was the first time I’ve had any problems. It resulted in many people receiving the post multiple times and some never actually receiving the post. Please accept my apology.

If you didn’t receive Monday’s email you should know that the tear jerking final chapter of Marc and Anax was published on Monday. Here is the link.

If you read it already then you know that these stories aren’t scripted….they end how they end….no matter how tragic or triumphant……. these stories I share with you are unedited tales of our dog teams.

Last week’s fun and carefree dog photo post was taken over by my passionate “rant”, Are Military Dogs Equipment, after I spied a photo of that crazy Taliban looking dude … Read More »

You are absolutely right if you were thinking I haven’t posted a pure picture of the week post in quite some time. 

Well this week I decided to change that and had some time at lunch yesterday so I caroused some pictures and pondered a theme for the week.

I don’t feel the need to have a theme all the time…it does make it fun sometimes though and normally if I have one they aren’t planned out…..it just comes to me… like: Cool Dog Wear Shades. 

I need to do another one of those actually….. Military Working Dogs wearing ”sunglasses” just can’t be beat! 

OK, we all know they are ballistic eye wear called Doggles (yes I said doggles) that are meant to protect our 4-legged troop’s eyes. But you have to admit….they look adorable. 

All right fine, you win. Here is a picture of everyone’s favorite 4-legged trooper, Honza Bear, … Read More »

“Major Butch,” a therapy dog with the 219th Medical Detachment (Combat Operational Stress Control) concludes her tour interacting with service members in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Field, Feb. 1. The 85th Med. Det. (COSC) from Fort Hood, Texas, assumes the various 219th missions at the transfer of authority ceremony held here today. (DoD photo by Maj. Charles Patterson, Task Force MED-A Public Affairs/Released)

The videos below are quite different. One is about an explosive detector dog who is charged to sniff out the explosives and keep our Soldiers alive.

The military has different methods to search out and destroy IEDs before they injure our troops on the ground. Army Sergeant David Birchfield tells us about one group who find IEDs by sniffing for them.

The other video depicts a mission just as important. Major Butch’s mission is to provide relief from the stresses … Read More »

 So this week is my anniversary on one year since I launched this www.khanrahan.com. It has been a crazy year and I’ve learned a ton.

I’ve also had the opportunity to connect with some fabulous people- thank you.

On Thursday (the actually one anniversary) there will some new designs to the site. The sliders on the entry page to the site will be new and will rotate adding a fresh new look to the site.

My goal is to make the dog team stories easier to find and navigate. So you can read one story from start to finish (or were we are in the story).

I’ll also add other storylines such as my journey from the idea of writing a book to becoming an agented author. (Hopefully this … Read More »