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Senior Airman Joseph Garcia, 4th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog (MWD) handler, instructs MWD Tessa to release Staff Sgt. Dakota Willis, 4th SFS MWD kennel master, during patrol training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. Military working dogs can be used to apprehend a suspect, search vehicles and buildings for explosives or drugs, deploying overseas and presidential details. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Military working Dog (MWD) Tessa apprehends Staff Sgt. Dakota Willis, 4th Security Forces Squadron (MWD) kennel master, during patrol training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. Patrol training is conducted routinely as a way to utilize MWD’s as a less that lethal use of force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Senior Airman Joseph Garcia, 4th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog (MWD) handler (back), instructs MWD Tessa to guard Staff Sgt. Dakota Willis, 4th SFS MWD kennel master, during patrol training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. Handlers use commands and hand signals to control their dog when it’s unleashed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Military working dog (MWD) Tessa bites the personal protective suit of a decoy during patrol training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. MWD handlers serve as decoys (sparring partners) for MWD in addition to being the training instructors of their dogs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Military working dog Derek identifies the suitcase that contains narcotics during detection training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. Detector dogs are utilized through base security operations to detect narcotics or explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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4th SFS MWD Section Train K9’s at SJAFB

Published May 7, 2020
By A1C Kimberly Barrera

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Senior Airman Joseph Garcia, 4th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog (MWD) handler, instructs MWD Tessa to release Staff Sgt. Dakota Willis, 4th SFS MWD kennel master, during patrol training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 7, 2020. Military working dogs can be used to apprehend a suspect, search vehicles and buildings for explosives or drugs, deploying overseas and presidential details. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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