The Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs

Military working dogs gained widespread attention after the highly trained canine Cairo participated in the SEAL Team Six mission that led to Osama bin Laden's death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in combat, let alone that they could parachute from thirty-thousand feet up. And as astounding as that talent is, it's only one of the many things our four-legged soldiers can do.

Dogs have had a place in the U.S.military from as early as the nineteenth century, but thei…