Female military working dog handlers honored at Military Women’s Memorial
By Devon Suits, Army News ServiceNovember 4, 2020
WASHINGTON –- It was a hot and muggy evening at Fort Clayton, Panama, as then-Pfc. Renae Johnson scanned the jungle tree line in an attempt to stop thieves from gaining entry into the installation.
It was 1992, and Johnson was a member of the Missouri National Guard's 205th Military Police Battalion. Determined to protect and serve, she enlisted just a year prior at age 17, which landed her a short deployment to support local law enforcement efforts with the 534th MP Company.
A career with the Missouri Guard felt like the right path at the time, or at least that was what Johnson thought until that evening, she said.
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