The Untold Story of the Navy SEAL and Canine Hero Who Caught Bin Laden
28 Apr 2020
We Are The Mighty | By Kait Hanson
In 2008, Navy SEAL Will Chesney was introduced to the SEAL canine program, a team of four-footed recruits tasked with saving soldiers' lives. What Chesney did not realize at that moment was that his canine partner, Cairo, would become instrumental in saving his life both on and off the battlefield.
Through the course of the next couple years, Chesney and Cairo forged an impenetrable bond.
"A military working dog must be a fighter first and foremost," Chesney told We Are The Mighty. "We have a saying, 'Dogs have a switch on or off mode,' [so when you] put their vest on, they know they're working, turn it off, they're playful. You could turn it off, [and] Cairo was a family dog. He got attacked by my girlfriend's mom's bulldog and got his arm sliced up. And he didn't do anything, [but] as soon as you put on his vest, he knew it was time to go to work and was always happy to go to work."
https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/04/28/untold-story-navy-seal-and-canine-hero-who-caught-bin-laden.html
