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\"\"<\/a>An Army specialist’s most valuable weapon when moving through Afghanistan just may be his dog. This firsthand account of a soldier relying on a bomb-sniffing dog sheds light on the gravity of war and the vital importance of bomb-sniffing canines.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Specialist John Nolan\u2019s heart pounded as he stared into the wadi in central\u00a0 Afghanistan. He wasn\u2019t sure what lay beneath the loose, granular dirt.<\/p>\n

Was there a 500-pound bomb buried beneath him? If that thing detonated, he\u00a0 would be dead.<\/p>\n

Maybe there were some homemade explosive or land mines? If they exploded\u00a0 right now, he might live. He might not.<\/p>\n

Man, this was crazy. Searching for something that could end his life\u00a0 instantly was insane. What the hell was he doing?<\/p>\n

He missed his wife Cara. She was pregnant with their first child. He wanted\u00a0 to see his little girl born. He didn\u2019t want to die in this Godforsaken pothole\u00a0 of a country.<\/p>\n

He looked over his shoulder at Master Sergeant Johnny Ramey who nodded to\u00a0 him. Then he looked past Ramey to the others, the men of the Green Beret team he\u00a0 was assigned to.<\/p>\n

Lean, mean and focused\u2014these nine men had nearly 100 deployments among them.\u00a0 The country saw the Green Berets as supermen.<\/p>\n

He knew better though. The Green Berets were just men like he was.<\/p>\n

They have families.<\/p>\n

They have children.<\/p>\n

They would die for you, John Nolan. Now you need to make sure they get home\u00a0 safely to their families. Focus, Nolan.<\/p>\n

They are your countryman. They need you.<\/p>\n

They need the Bear.<\/p>\n

Focus on The Bear. Be one with Honza Bear.<\/p>\n

He looked down into the wadi which followed the natural contours of the land.\u00a0 During the rainy season the wadi probably carried water. Now it was just another\u00a0 place for the Taliban to set up explosives. Just another place to kill him and\u00a0 his countrymen.<\/p>\n

But he had a secret weapon.<\/p>\n

The squarely-built, tan, muscular, 100-pound Labrador Retriever moved slowly\u00a0 across the wadi. His nose was low and his tail wagged. He could have been any of\u00a0 the Green Beret\u2019s family dogs back at Fort Bragg North Carolina. But he\u00a0 wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

A sniff here. A sniff there. Tail wagging. The Labrador appeared to be\u00a0 foraging picnic sites for picnic baskets. But he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Army Specialized Search Dog Honza Bear was on the hunt for explosives.<\/p>\n

John followed Honza cautiously. Honza Bear\u2019s yellow stomach was splotched\u00a0 with dark dirt marks. And he looked like he had dark brown mittens on.<\/p>\n

What the hell is Honza doing? John wondered.<\/p>\n

The local Afghanis said the explosives were in the wadi. Why was Honza Bear\u00a0 leaving the wadi?<\/p>\n

Honza Bear paused, his tail wagged more quickly, and his nostrils flared\u00a0 quickly.<\/p>\n

John shivered with fear and excitement because he knew that Honza Bear was \u201con scent.\u201d Honza Bear could smell an explosive.<\/p>\n

Honza Bear moved back up into the grape field. He sniffed the three-foot high\u00a0 thick dirt mounds but apparently didn\u2019t like what he smelled. He went back down\u00a0 into the wadi and then back into the grape field.<\/p>\n

He knew Honza Bear was trying to pinpoint the exact spot of the explosive.\u00a0 They called this \u201cbracketing\u201d in the dog world.<\/p>\n

Honza Bear brushed by him, moving at a trot.<\/p>\n

John froze. He didn\u2019t want to step on the explosive. It could be set up to\u00a0 blow with a pressure plate. His weight would certainly set the explosive off.\u00a0 And he didn\u2019t want the men to step on it either.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaster Sergeant Ramey, Honza is on scent. Back away,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

Ramey nodded and placed the team into a secure perimeter, allowing John to\u00a0 focus on Honza Bear.<\/p>\n

Honza Bear entered the wadi with his nose low and nostrils flaring quickly.\u00a0 He suddenly stopped and craned his neck up and out.<\/p>\n

Had he found it? John wondered.<\/p>\n

Honza Bear bolted up and out of the wadi, ran to a mound of dirt near the\u00a0 grape field, and disappeared.<\/p>\n

What was going on?<\/p>\n

\u201cHonza,\u201d John called as he followed Honza\u2019s path. He knew chasing Honza Bear\u00a0 was risky.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t matter. Honza Bear was his partner.<\/p>\n

He hated losing sight of his dog. John began searching the mounds but\u00a0 couldn\u2019t find him. After a minute or so he caught a glimpse of a yellow\u00a0 tail.<\/p>\n

Honza Bear had crawled into a hole half his size and was lying down in a\u00a0 final response. The John saw the five-gallon jugs wrapped in plastic inches from\u00a0 Honza\u2019s nose.<\/p>\n

John wanted to pump his fist in excitement. Honza and he had found an\u00a0 explosive. It was their first find. But there was no time to be proud or pat\u00a0 himself on the back.<\/p>\n

They needed to get the hell out of there before it exploded.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonza, leave it, come,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

Hearing his emergency recall Honza leaped up and jumped out of the hole. He\u00a0 rumbled towards John with his tongue nearly dragging on the ground.<\/p>\n

John pulled out the dog\u2019s reward\u2013a ball on a rope\u2013and tossed it in the air.\u00a0 Honza caught it in midair and chomped down. John hooked him up to the leash and\u00a0 dragged the euphoric dog from the spot.<\/p>\n

Ramey had the team engineer, Sergeant First Class Kingston, inspect the hole\u00a0 and the explosives.<\/p>\n

Ten minutes later Kingston returned and reported, \u201cIt is 25 pounds of Ammonia\u00a0 Nitrate Aluminum. We can blow it in place. \u201c<\/p>\n

It was confirmed. John\u2019s and Honza\u2019s first find! They had just prevented\u00a0 those 25 pounds of explosives from being used to kill or maim their\u00a0 countrymen.<\/p>\n

It was an amazing feeling to remove something so destructive from the\u00a0 battlefield. John had just proven their worth to the Green Berets.<\/p>\n

Maybe he could do this for a year.<\/p>\n

John knew there was much more to find and remove.<\/p>\n

And he knew one thing for sure. Today\u2019s find was relatively simple. They\u00a0 wouldn\u2019t all be like this.<\/p>\n

But John wasn\u2019t worried. He had Honza Bear.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-relationship-between-a-bomb-tech-and-his-dog-2012-12#ixzz2FQviLUsI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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