For the US Marines patrolling the dusty footpaths of southern Afghanistan, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador can mean the difference between life and death. These "dogs of war" have saved countless lives ...

And sometimes, as Brenner and Grief would experience during one fateful search, war is tragedy. Brenner, who was 22 when he ...

Eight-year-old Mali was given the Dickin Medal for serving in Afghanistan Kuno will become the 72nd recipient of the medal, with previous recipients including 34 dogs, 32 World War II messenger ...

A military dog injured in Afghanistan in 2012 has been awarded ... which has been awarded to 31 other dogs, 32 World War messenger pigeons, four horses and one cat. He is now retired from ...

WASHINGTON — A report finds that the Army failed to do right by some of the more than 200 bomb-sniffing dogs that served with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, detecting roadside bombs and saving lives.