Our guest for this episode is a Marine who has served 19 years filling various billets within the Marine Corps Military Working Dog (MWD) Program. Billets include a Military Working Dog Handler (MWD), a Combat Tracking Dog (CTD) Handler, MWD Trainer, MWD Team Deployment Training Course Instructor, and Kennel Master. He started his career in Iwakuni, Japan, where he was selected to be an MWD Handler. He has deployed as an MWD Handler in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and various stateside support missions while assigned to a Provost Marshal’s Office (PMO). He also deployed twice to Afghanistan as a CTD Handler in Operation Enduring Freedom while assigned to the Military Police Support Company’s MWD Platoon under the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) on Camp Pendleton, California. After his deployments, he was assigned to the MWD Team Deployment Training Course at the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona. At YPG, he served as an Instructor and Course Chief and prepared hundreds of MWD Handlers for deployments to austere environments worldwide.
This episode discusses his experiences as a handler, trainer, and instructor within the USMC MWD Program. We also discuss Combat Tracking Dogs (CTD) and their role in Afghanistan.
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