Just to give a quick rundown on just how valuable these dogs are, the American Humane Association has estimated … each military dog saves the lives of between 150–200 servicemen and women by detecting IED's and hidden weapons caches. If a soldier who worked with a particular dog wanted to adopt them once their service was completed, it was a very difficult and complicated process to make that happen. Prior to this amendment these working dogs had quite a difficult time getting home. Recently, the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act was approved and with it a little known provision was added requiring military dogs to return to the United States after their retirement overseas. You would think the following would have been a no-brainer, but federal bureaucracy can have its moments of incongruity but mostly they eventually get it right.
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