My thanks to Liisa Hyvarinen Temple for sharing this video and story. This week, the Department of Defense approved the adoption of a retiring bomb sniffing dog by the family of his handler, USMC PFC Colton Rusk, who was killed by a sniper this December in Afghanistan. Now, Rusk’s working dog will live with the Marine’s parents and brothers on 20 acres in Texas.
You can read more about Marine PFC Colton Rusk and his working dog Eli here.
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