PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Army Pfc. Raborne Vines, 54th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Dolch chaplain's assistant and native of Abbeville, Ala., spends some quality time with Sir Fred, a military working dog assigned to TF Dolch's 49th Mine Detection Detachment, before a training exercise designed to keep mine-detection dogs' senses sharp at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 15. The Queen of England knighted Sir Fred, a 10-year-old Golden Retriever who was one of the first British military working dogs Americans trained for mine detection. Sir Fred has served as a MWD during more t
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Army Pfc. Raborne Vines, 54th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Dolch chaplain's assistant and native of Abbeville, Ala., spends some quality time with Sir Fred, a military working dog assigned to TF Dolch's 49th Mine Detection Detachment, before a training exercise designed to keep mine-detection dogs' senses sharp at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 15. The Queen of England knighted Sir Fred, a 10-year-old Golden Retriever who was one of the first British military working dogs Americans trained for mine detection. Sir Fred has served as a MWD during more than eight deployments and recently retired from active service into the care of his handler. TF Dolch mine dog teams get ready for action 354207
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