Story by Senior Airman Mikaela Smith | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 05.13.2025
That is why on May 8, 2025, the Langley Veterinary Treatment Facility (VTF) hosted a Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care course. The joint training led by U.S. Army veterinary personnel taught K-9 life-saving skills to volunteers from the 633d Medical Group and handlers from the 633d Security Forces Squadron MWD section....
Story by Douglas Holl | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 04.28.2020
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – There have been a few stories recently reported in the news about human to animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This has raised concerns with some pet owners about how to properly care for and safely interact with their pets during this time of social distancing and stay-at-home quarantines. The Army Public Health Center has......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 02.04.2020
A team of two veterinarians and a veterinarian technician from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team (CAB FXST) hosted the first in a series of monthly seminars this year in Djibouti City, Jan. 29 and 30. More than a dozen participants received information on various topics ranging from food handling safety to bacteriology. The target audience of the training included......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Ahearn | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 08.12.2018
NAIROBI, Kenya—Kenyan and American service members teamed up to share the best ways to treat and train Military Working Dogs in the field, at the 1st Canine Regiment headquarters in Nairobi, August 6-10....
Story by Jessica Ryan | U.S. Army Garrison Benelux | 02.02.2018
It was a "meeting of the minds" as veterinarians from the U.S. and Belgian Armies met Jan. 25 at the Chièvres Veterinary Clinic on Caserne Daumerie in Chièvres, Belgium. The topic of discussion was providing medical care for military working dogs, especially during times when veterinary care is not immediately available....
Courtesy Story | 807th Theater Medical Command | 04.23.2015
Capts. Robert Miller and Amber Hampton, veterinarians assigned to the 994th Veterinary Detachment, located in Round Rock, Texas, trained members of the 228th Combat Support Hospital on how to treat military working dogs during battle assembly training held this March....
Courtesy Story | ISAF Joint Command | 12.31.2010
A group of U.S. Army veterinarians visited the Afghan Central Veterinary Research and Development Lab in Kabul Dec. 28 in order to better understand its capabilities. ...
Story by Capt. Peter Shinn | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 10.21.2010
Twenty-two veterinary professionals from across Kunar Province, a half-dozen more than expected, crowded into a small room, Oct. 21, in a training center located next to the government-run nursery in Asadabad, the provincial capital.
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