Soldiers say goodbye to beloved military working dog who saved lives in Afghanistan
“CCruz was more like a son to me rather than just a dog.”
BY HALEY BRITZKY | PUBLISHED OCT 14, 2022 2:07 PM
Soldiers bid farewell this week to CCruz, a beloved explosive-detection dog at Fort Benning, Georgia, who Task & Purpose met earlier this year.
CCruz, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, was assigned to the 904th Military Working Dog Detachment at Fort Benning. He was on a mission in New York in support of the United Nations General Assembly last month with his handler Spc. Austin Ramos when it was “discovered that he had terminal widespread cancer which would have resulted in prolonged suffering,” according to a press release from Fort Benning.
CCruz was laid to rest on Sept. 23.
Soldiers say goodbye to beloved military working dog who saved lives in Afghanistan
“For the better part of five years, CCruz was more like a son to me rather than just a dog,” Ramos said in the release. “He served as my protector while deployed and my best friend while stateside. Words can’t describe the love I will always have for this dog.”
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