Maxx, an improvised explosive device detector dog, rests at the feet of members of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, during a convoy in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 27, 2012. Maxx's handler is Lance Cpl. Stephen Mader, who volunteered to go through a 5-week school in the States to work with IDDs. He's an infantry mortarman by trade, but deployed to use Maxx to help sniff out IEDs and other explosive before they can damage vehicles or Marines. Following the scent, An explosive detector dog and his handler protect Marines 120726-M-DM345-010

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