Military working dog retires to Fort Couch after pristine career
Haley Britzky
Sep 21, 2020 4:24 PM EDT
For some soldiers, it can be hard to decide what to do first after retiring from an Army career. Should you immediately jump into whatever's next, or maybe just relax on the couch for a little while, slobbering over your new favorite tennis ball?
Okay — maybe not the tennis ball part. But for Sgt. 1st Class Vito, an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois who retired as a military working dog last week, that'll definitely be the case.
Vito served nine years as a Patrol Explosive Detector Dog, and has deployed to Qatar and Iraq. He retired during a ceremony at Camp Zama, Japan, on Sept. 17 after hurting his back during his deployment to Iraq, according to an Army press release.
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