MWD water-based training opens as base pool closes

Military working dogs perform water-based training with K-9 handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2019. After the swimming season closed, security forces personnel swam through different training scenarios with their canines to teach discipline and eliminate inhibition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)

Military working dogs perform water-based training with K-9 handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2019. After the swimming season closed, security forces personnel swam through different training scenarios with their canines to teach discipline and eliminate inhibition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)

Military working dogs perform water-based training with K-9 handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2019. After the swimming season closed, security forces personnel swam through different training scenarios with their canines to teach discipline and eliminate inhibition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)

Military working dogs perform water-based training with K-9 handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2019. After the swimming season closed, security forces personnel swam through different training scenarios with their canines to teach discipline and eliminate inhibition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)

Military working dogs perform water-based training with K-9 handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 6, 2019. After the swimming season closed, security forces personnel swam through different training scenarios with their canines to teach discipline and eliminate inhibition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)