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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Gary Reash works with MWD Cezar during a demonstration. He tries to give the animal a real world experience to help prepare him for an actual hostile situation. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Staff Sgt. James Colip and Tech. Sgt. Adolph Rodriguez, 379th ESFS military working dog handlers, demonstrate a military working dog’s capabilities during a hostile situation. MWD Cezar is capable of attacking on command. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Staff Sgt. Anthony Legotti, 379th ESFS, pretends to be a hostile individual during a demonstration. The two military working dogs, Vvadar and Cezar, gain valuable experience on how to work together as a team. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

MWD Cezar becomes playful with his handler. The dogs might remember something they learned through play that could possibly come in hand during a real world situation. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Mr. Reash is taken down by MWD Cezar during a practice session. The dog is trained to suppress hostile individuals on command. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Staff Sgt. James Colip, 379th ESFS dog handler, practices with MWD Cezar during a training session here. The dogs receive 60 to 90 days of initial training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. After their initial training, the dog is sent to a duty location and is partnered with a handler. During normal circumstances, the dogs are allowed the opportunity to bond with their handler, which establishes trust and loyalty to the handler.
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Ruffin' it up with dogs, handlers

Cezar, a military working dog, attacks Gary Reash, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron dog handler, on command during a military working dog demonstration here Nov. 12.
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Capt. Brian McReynolds, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, gets the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a military working dog handler during a demonstration here Nov. 12. Vvadar the working dog attacks on command as Captain Reynolds pretends to be a perpetrator. The dogs are not only taught to detect explosives, they are taught to protect their handlers in dangerous and life -threatening situations. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Cezar sits in the position of notification to alert his handler that he smells a substance used in explosive devices. Unlike drug sniffing dogs, military working dogs are taught to sit in place when they positively identify a substance. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Ruffin' it up with working dogs, handlers

Staff Sgts. Robert Wilson and Aaron Escalante play with MWD Rex. During training sessions with the working dogs, trainers use rewards and play time as a learning tool. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover
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Air Fest

Air Fest spectators fill their plates with lunch during the Air Fest at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia's Air Fest, Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Spectators watch the military working dog handler show as a C-17 Globemaster III flies over at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia's Air Fest, Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Spectators watch the military working dog handler show at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia's Air Fest, Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

The military working dog handlers wait for the next command during the MWD show at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia's air show, Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Military members view different setups at the Air Fest in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Staff Sergeant Jonathon Ross guides another airman as he maneuvers the K loader at an undisclosed location in Southwesst Asia's Air Fest, Dec. 2. Sergeant Ross is an air transportation journeyman with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobilitry Squdaron and is deployed from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Technical Sergeant Tulafono Sili "fireman's carries" an Air Fest spectator in firefighting gear at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 3. Sergeant Sili is a firefighter with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and is deployed from Aviano AB, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Air Fest

Senior Airman Thomas Blanco helps Airman 1st Class Richard Arnold put on the bomb suit at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia's Air Fest Dec. 2. Airman Blanco is an explosive ordinance disposal journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and Airman Arnold is an air field management journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)(Released)
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Airmen train for interoperability

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Airman First Class Joshua Boze, left, and SrA Laura Lee, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency managers, collect the unknown agent, here Oct. 28, from simulated contamination scene during an interoperability exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)
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Airmen train for interoperability

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Airmen set up a staging area here Oct. 28, during an interoperability exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)
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