Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military Working Dog handler, rewards his dog, Aaron, for finding simulated explosives buried along a road at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on July 9, 2012 during a training exercise while Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Parker looks on. The handlers and their dogs rotate through Kandahar Airfield for validation prior to moving out to Forward Operating Bases around the country where they will lead combat foot patrols and sniff out IEDs and other explosives.


Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military Working Dog handler, rewards his dog, Aaron, for finding simulated explosives buried along a road at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on July 9, 2012 during a training exercise while Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Parker looks on. The handlers and their dogs rotate through Kandahar Airfield for validation prior to moving out to Forward Operating Bases around the country where they will lead combat foot patrols and sniff out IEDs and other explosives.


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