White House via Associated Press
In this photo provided by the White House via the Twitter account of President Donald Trump after it was declassified by Trump, a photo of the military working dog that was injured tracking down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a tunnel beneath his compound in Syria.
- Military dogs are so important that they hold ranks themselves, and they're always ranked one higher than their handlers.
- By and large, military working dogs are treated as regular US troops would be.
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That seniority honors the dog's role and reminds the handler to be lenient when it has a bad day.
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