On March 13, 1942, the United States launched the War Dog Program during World War II, later known as the Army K-9 Corps. However, even before that, loyal dogs had been accompanying soldiers to war.

An eight-year quest to honor the four-legged guardians of freedom known as military working dogs will come to a culmination Monday in San Antonio. The new U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National ...

Sgt. Joseph Phillips, a military working dog handler, conducts aggression training with his military working dog, Drago. (Sgt. 1st Class Tanisha Karn/Army) Non-training military working dogs at bases ...

National K-9 Veterans Day occurs on March 13th each year, honoring the service and sacrifices of military dogs. It began in 1942 during World War II as the War Dog Program, also known as the K-9 Corps ...

Four heroic dogs have been immortalised in bronze for the first war memorial of its kind in Britain. The National Military ...

At least four military working dogs died after being housed in kennels that a recent Defense Department inspector general report called unsatisfactory. IG investigators visited a dozen military ...

Four military working dogs died between the 2021 and 2023 fiscal years because they were housed and trained in "aging and unsatisfactory kennel facilities," the Defense Department inspector general ...

K9 Veterans Day (March 13) honors the service and sacrifice of U.S. military working dogs since the 1942 War Dog Program. Military dogs have served from WWI to today, performing lifesaving roles like ...