Posted on Apr 20, 2020
Do Civil Affairs teams have dog teams like other special operations units?
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I was looking into the different special operations units and 38B was interesting to me as well as Ranger Regiment. I'm aware they're two fairly different missions. Anyways when reading about 38B I noticed a lot of people talk about being sent to a lot of schools which made me wonder do Civil Affairs teams have dog teams like other special operations units? I'm well aware of the psychology of a 5 meter target however I don't want to be in a boat where I failed to prepare. But yes does anyone know if they have dog teams?
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No dog teams in a CA unit that I've ever heard of, but I have supported dog handling mission in support of partner nation capabilities building.
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SSG Carlos Madden
SN (Join to see) There were no internal dog teams in any of the units in our BN. Whenever dogs were needed for a mission, they were typically pulled from Air Force assets.
The CA mission probably won't call for canine skills. Canines will help gather intel by either finding specific materials such as explosives, or chemicals that are associated with bomb material, and people.
I suppose in some cases a canine could be used for population and resource control but my guess is that if it got to that point, assets would be pulled from MP units.
Long story short, I don't think there are canines in CA units.
The CA mission probably won't call for canine skills. Canines will help gather intel by either finding specific materials such as explosives, or chemicals that are associated with bomb material, and people.
I suppose in some cases a canine could be used for population and resource control but my guess is that if it got to that point, assets would be pulled from MP units.
Long story short, I don't think there are canines in CA units.
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No we do not have our own dog teams, and rarely have need for them. I personally however have created a program in a European country where we brought in our Bn vet to teach the local police dog handlers some better first aid for their canines, while my medic also taught them how to treat human wounds like we do in the US. Very successful program, lot of fun, greatly improved the abilities of the Kosovo Police and Kosovo Security Force dog teams.
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