He wears a raspberry beret: Meet Sapper the service dog, often spotted around Fort Liberty.
Rachael Riley
Fayetteville Observer
Wearing a maroon beret and sunglasses, Sapper likes to hang his head out the window of his best friend’s ride as it cruises around Fort Liberty and Fayetteville.
At times, Sapper’s been stopped by military police, but he’s also shaken hands with Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, and often has his photo shared on military social media accounts.
Sapper is a 6-year-old Alaskan husky and service dog who belongs to Fayetteville veteran Mike D’Arcy.
D’Arcy has owned Sapper for about six years and is hesitant to describe his ever-present sidekick as just a dog.
“He’s never been treated like a dog,” D’Arcy said. “He’s always been like a person. He’s got his own canopy bed, his own seatbelts, chairs. We go to a restaurant, and he’s got his own area. He don’t know nothing about being a dog.”
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