Great story. I’m happy for them both but I’m sure we’ll see negative opinions from those who don’t or won’t understand the devotion and bond that can form between a dog and man.
Then they're fools. Wonderful story.
“...the devotion and bond that can form between a dog and man.”
It is a very special relationship. Those who don’t experience it are poorer for it.
It’s a great bond.
This and all other MSM stories about this fail to emphasize that this OFFICER was acting in clear and knowing defiance of standing orders: US military members are forbidden from keeping/feeding any pets in Iraq. The orders are there for very good reason: stray animals in a war zone are a wonderful source of rabies (incurable and fatal if you are bitten and do not seek prompt treatment) and other diseases.
I can understand an 18-year-old Private ignoring the order because he feels a “special bond” or “knows better than some general”, but an officer (a Major!) should know better.
The follow-on story should be about the Major’s court martial and discharge from the Corps for disobeying a general order and thus needlessly endangering himself and those around him while in a combat zone.