The Special Ops Dog Handler Who Ran Through Hell to Save Dog

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The Special Ops Dog Handler Who Ran Through Hell to Save Dog
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By Hannah Ray Lambert | January 14, 2022

William Clark’s breath made clouds of fog in the December air as he and his teammates headed into an open field in Helmand province. Through his night vision goggles, Clark suddenly spotted something their eye in the sky had missed: a man, hiding behind a tree.

Clark shined a laser toward the base of the tree, and his partner Aks, a Belgian Malinois working dog, rushed at the target. In an instant, Aks snapped his jaws onto the enemy fighter’s arm and remained attached, dangling from the man’s body, as the panicked fighter ran toward a building that hadn’t been cleared yet.

Gunfire erupted. Clark and his teammates dropped to the ground, searching for cover in the sparse field. Bullets sliced through the night sky, flying from all directions.

And Aks was out in the center of it all.

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And why wouldn't he?

Anyone that doesn't understand that dog was a VERY valuable member of the team  has never been on a team,or doesn't even understand what being on a team means.

Still,good on him!

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As the fight continued, Air Force Pararescueman Davide Keaton, acting as the team’s medic, made it to the shelter and gave Aks a shot of morphine.

If there is ANYONE in the US Military whose courage is almost never recognized or rewarded,it is these guys. I bet fewer than 1 per of Americans have ever even heard of them,or what their primary jobs are.

Generally speaking,their primary job is to rappel out of rescue helicopters to rescue shot down air crews. There is almost never more than 2 or 3 of them at a time,and usually a solo operation.

While on the ground they usually have to apply wound treatments to get the pilot and air crew ready to wear a harness or in a litter so they can be winched up into the the helicopter.

They are the last ones to leave the crash site.

All this,and practically no one not in the USAF has ever even heard of them.