This little guy is just a few miles from me and the last of his litter ..great working parents..and a good personality
If she needs a good pup...I think Steve Miller could work out a good deal
Posted on 11/20/2005 8:46:31 AM PST by Valin
"Now, the Air Force has changed its view -- but federal law stands in the way.
Under Title 10 U.S. Code 2583, the Air Force says, it cannot allow the wounded airman to take her combat dog home until the animal is too old to be useful. Rex, 80 pounds and brown and black with gold markings, is just 5 years old, not nearly the retirement age of 10 to 14."
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Well, Congress would do better to change THIS law, then holding hearings on whether football players use steroids and try to monkey with the capitalist system by holding hearings on oil company profits.
How about the dog has "combat fatigue" and is no longer useful. That should do it.
Dog Story.....
She should have her dog. Why the hell not???
Simmer down -- that's the photo caption, not my position.
After all this woman has been through fighting for our country, one would think that Rex could be easily replaced and be used to comfort a wounded soldier.
Let her have the dog, I say. It's our tax dollars, so it's our call. tell the Pentagon to buy one less $25,000 toilet.
A Satellite outhouse outside of the Pentagon would be much less expensive....
Thanks for the ping; I hope and pray she can adopt this dog. They can reclassify him as a therapy dog (since his nose is burned) and he can perform his military service in helping her recover.
Be sure to tell Hitlery and Schumer that Rex is a Democrat....)
There is an old adage that goes Rules and regulations exist at the discretion of the commander.
Or more basically a commander can waive any rule or regualtion when nessessary to complete a mission.
Get the Secretary of the Air Force to declare the Dog to be excess material and allow this young woman to purchase it outright.
" There was a similar story about a Special Forces soldier who wanted his dog "Fluffy" brought back from Iraq, and somehow he ended up getting it done. "
Fluffy's website- www.k9fluffy.com. He was given a waiver by the military.
www.uswardogs.org is another good site.
Many of our scout dogs were euthanized rather than returned
home...(I was told by a vet tech that more than a few were shot rather than given a hot shot)
Heartbreaking and sickening considering what they went through
for us and considering the lives they saved...and the billions
government wastes on pukes...
Give the WIA combat vet her dog for crying out loud...maybe a pampered perfumed general could forgo a crap on a gold toilet and find a way.
This little guy is just a few miles from me and the last of his litter ..great working parents..and a good personality
If she needs a good pup...I think Steve Miller could work out a good deal
I certainly hope that the military will not euthanize this dog!
Rex dodged the bullet (IED) and used up all his luck. Retirement is in order!
And who would of thought it? He already has someplace to retire to, with his very own human! Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jamie Dana.
Given that Muslims are FORBIDDEN to have dogs as pets, I think that the military is missing out on some possible "psy-ops" benefits here. Let her have the dog, and make some noise about it.
Probably not. If the woman had been a man, I would suggest that he buy a puppy. [smirk]
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