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Marine improvised explosive detection dog handlers with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 2, work with their dogs during a training scenario in Musa Qal’eh, Jan. 3. The handlers send their dogs ahead of the patrol to clear the way. The dogs’ sense of smell gives them the ability to sniff out the chemicals used to make IEDs. “By running through those scenarios multiple times, the dogs get in the habit of searching different ways and get a better idea of what their looking for,” said Lance Cpl. Zachary Weiss, IED dog handler with Company B, 1st Bn., 8th Marines. Each dog is familiar with the smells of chemicals used in bombs. When they identify an odor they are trained to alert the handler they have found something. “The training is for us and the dogs. It gives us a chance to make sure we’re still noticing the changes in the dog’s behavior and it lets the dogs renew their scent of the chemicals they’re out here searching for,” said Weiss, 22, from Suffield, Ohio.
| Date Taken: | 01.20.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 01.21.2011 02:35 |
| Photo ID: | 359412 |
| VIRIN: | 110103-M-0901H-002 |
| Resolution: | 3000x2000 |
| Size: | 1.08 MB |
| Location: | MUSA QAL'EH, AF |
| Web Views: | 225 |
| Downloads: | 25 |
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