Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Johans Chavarro | 160524-N-IU636-278 HONOLULU (May 24, 2016) Staff Sgt. Terry Pasko and Military Working...... read more read more
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The training event featured various mock scenarios, each designed to test different military working dog capabilities such as: detection, passenger screening/vapor wake and patrol/protection.
“Any time that we can get multiple teams of canines together, representing many different agencies, it speaks to our ability to perform at the highest levels,” said Nico Melendez, TSA Spokesman. “So in a time of crisis, we can rely upon each other and know the skillset each agency, or each dog handler, or each canine brings to the table.”
The event hosted approximately 30 military working dog teams, including: Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy military working dog units.
According to Tara J. Corse, main event coordinator and TSA regional canine training instructor, in addition to providing a new training environment for military working dog units to run their canine partners through, the event also served to encourage networking and communication between organizations and dog handlers.
“You work so closely with other agencies during large scale situations that it’s important everyone can come in and work well together,” said Corse. “We love to communicate new and exciting training ideas in order for all of us to keep relevant.”
“Any type of new training for the dog helps us know that if I have a large scale event here, or I have a large scale event somewhere else, I know that my dog is ready to go, my dog is able to search these areas,” said Corse. “We set these big training environments together because we understand that we have precious cargo, our Hawaiian public. We want to make sure that our dogs are 100 percent proficient on any area, any time.”
For Chief Master-at-Arms Marc Jones, Kennel Master at JBPHH, the networking opportunity brought about through the training event brings valuable information for dog handlers who might be experiencing sticking points in their training program.
“Anyone will tell you, there are a million ways to train a dog to do the same thing,” said Jones. “So when you bring this many dog teams together, not only does it make a cohesive network of people, but it also helps others with training issues and problems. I think that us doing joint ventures like this really makes for a highly productive product for the end of the day to go on for future handlers.”
In the end, according to Staff Sgt. Matthew Zantene, assigned to JBPHH MWD Unit, being able to understand each organization’s mission, and security operating procedures is an informative experience on how branches work successfully and efficiently together, one that he the Navy and Air Force lives first hand on JBPHH.
“Understanding what the Navy’s mission is, especially on the security side of it, and their appreciation of security, and priority of security, has been eye-opening, especially on Joint Base [Pearl Harbor-Hickam.],” said Zantene.
| Date Taken: | 05.24.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 05.26.2016 05:31 |
| Story ID: | 199084 |
| Location: | HONOLULU, HI, US |
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