[BITList] Navy SEAL Dogs

Sat Mar 3 09:49:26 GMT 2012

*The  Dog That Cornered Osama Bin Laden ... not your standard  K9......
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*This  is really something!
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When  U.S. President Barack Obama went to Fort Campbell , Kentucky  ,
for  a highly publicized, but very private meeting with the  commando team

that  killed Osama bin Laden, only one of the 81 members of the  
super-secret

SEAL  DevGru unit was identified by name: Cairo , the war  dog.

Cairo,  like most canine members of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs, is a  Belgian

Malinois.  The Malinois breed is similar to German shepherds but  
smaller and

more  compact, with an adult male weighing in the 30-kilo  range.

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(German  shepherds are still used as war dogs by the American  military but

the  lighter, stubbier Malinois is considered better for the  tandem

parachute  jumping and rappelling operations often undertaken by SEAL  
teams.

Labrador  retrievers are also favoured by various military  
organizations around the world

Like  their human counterparts, the dog SEALs are highly trained,  highly

skilled,  highly motivated special ops experts, able to  perform

extraordinary  military missions by SeA, Air and Land (thus the  
acronymSEAL).

The  dogs carry out a wide range of specialized duties for the  military

teams  to which they are attached: With a sense of smell 40 times  greater

than  a human's, the dogs are trained to detect and identify both  explosive

material  and hostile or hiding humans.

The  dogs are twice as fast as a fit human, so anyone trying to  escape is

not  likely to outrun Cairo or his buddies.

The  dogs, equipped with video cameras, also enter certain danger  zones

first,  allowing their handlers to see what's ahead before humans  follow.

As  I mentioned before, SEAL dogs are even trained parachutists,  jumping

either  in tandem with their handlers or solo, if the jump is into  water.

Last  year canine parachute instructor Mike Forsythe and his dog  Cara set

the  world record for highest man-dog parachute deployment,  jumping from

more  than 30,100 feet up - the altitude transoceanic passenger  jets 
fly at.

Both  Forsythe and Cara were wearing oxygen masks and skin  protectors for

the  jump.

Here's  a photo from that jump, taken by Andy Anderson for K9 Storm  Inc.

(more  about those folks shortly).

As  well, the dogs are faithful, fearless and ferocious --  incredibly

frightening  and efficient attackers.

When  the SEAL DevGru team (usually known by its old designation,  Team 6)

hit  bin Laden's Pakistan compound on May 2, Cairo 's feet would  have been

four  of the first on the ground.

And  like the human SEALs, Cairo was wearing super-strong,  flexible body

Armour  and outfitted with high-tech equipment that included  "doggles" -

specially  designed and fitted dog googles with night-vision and  infrared

capability  that would even allow Cairo to see human heat forms  through

concrete  walls.

Now  where on earth would anyone get that kind of incredibly  niche hi-tech

doggie  gear?

>From  Winnipeg , of all places.

Jim  and Glori Slater's Manitoba hi-tech mom-and-pop business, K9  Storm

Inc.,  has a deserved worldwide reputation for designing and  manufacturing

probably  the best body Armour available for police and military  dogs.

Working  dogs in 15 countries around the world are currently  protected by

their  K9 Storm body Armour.

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