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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Staff Sgt. Lino Estacion, a dog handler with the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, demonstrates the training of a military working dog at an undisclosed air base here July 21, 2010. Each dog is trained to attack and hold an aggressor until ordered to release by its trainer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Laura Turner)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Staff Sgts. Lino Estacion (left) and Angelo Reategui (right), dog handlers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, demonstrate the training of a military working dog at an undisclosed air base here July 21, 2010. Each dog is trained to walk in front of its handler and watch for sudden movements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Laura Turner)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Col. Rizwan Ali, commander of the 386th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, wears a dog-training sleeve as he experiences the training of military working dogs at an undisclosed air base here July 21, 2010. Staff Sgts. Lino Estacion (right) and Angelo Reategui, dog handlers with the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, conducted the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Laura Turner)

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Military working dogs enhance base security

Published July 27, 2010