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Military Working Dogs hone scent scouting skills

Military Working Dog (MWD) Falo bites Staff Sgt. Tyler Sexton, 23d Security Forces Squadron MWD trainer, during scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Military Working Dog (MWD) Falo bites Staff Sgt. Tyler Sexton, 23d Security Forces Squadron MWD trainer, during scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Senior Airman Ashlee Pollard, 23d Security Forces Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, escorts MWD Falo out of a squad car, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Senior Airman Ashlee Pollard, 23d Security Forces Squadron military working dog (MWD) handler, escorts MWD Falo out of a squad car, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Military Working Dog (MWD) Blitz rests in the back of a squad car after conducting scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Military Working Dog (MWD) Blitz rests in the back of a squad car after conducting scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Staff Sgt. Renee Mansour, 23d Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog (MWD) handler, prepares to release MWD Blitz on a suspected criminal during scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Staff Sgt. Renee Mansour, 23d Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog (MWD) handler, prepares to release MWD Blitz on a suspected criminal during scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Staff Sgt. Renee Mansour, 23d Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog (MWD) handler, and MWD Blitz, prepare to conduct scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

Staff Sgt. Renee Mansour, 23d Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog (MWD) handler, and MWD Blitz, prepare to conduct scent-scout training, Jan. 31, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Moody’s MWDs are capable of conducting scent, sight or sound-scouting to find missing people or suspected criminals. In addition to these skills, the K-9s are used for patrols, drug detection and explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

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