16 Jan 2020 | Lance Cpl. Samantha Sanchez Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Across the Department of Defense, military working dogs serve many purposes. K-9’s are utilized to subdue suspects, find specific items, and people. Most are only capable of one or two of these functions; Diego and Yenkie, residents of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Provost Marshal’s Office kennels, are a bit different.
Typically, military working dogs are dual purpose; Diego and Yenkie, however, are the first K-9’s in DoD law enforcement to fulfill all three of these functions.
“With these two military working dogs, we have added the combat tracking asset in the Provost Marshal area of operations,†said U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Settle, kennel master, PMO, MCBH. “I picked the dogs that had the characteristics of good tracking dogs and that had that extra drive, subsequently, I would train the handlers.†he said.
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2058807/diego-and-yenkie-the-future-of-dod-law-enforcement/
