BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Jan. 15, 2013) -- Staff Sgt. Allen, a mine-detection dog, searches a muddy gravel road with his nose low to the ground. "No, seek here!" commands Sgt. Brian Curd, a dog ...

Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Black moved back toward the mine clearance vehicle to watch from a safe distance as a team traced the wire of a suspected improvised explosive device back toward the road. Black ...

With her nose in the grass of a Bosnian field, Orna sniffs furiously until she finds her target. She then sits and wags her tail in excitement for the red rubber toy that is her reward. The exercise ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Their training is intense, their deployment dangerous. They are sent to barren fields and dusty roads far from home to search for a major threat to U.S. forces in Iraq and ...