Believe it or not, dogs have been fighting beside their human counterparts in military conflicts for the better part of the last 3,000 years.
Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and yes, Americans.
We here at BI Military and Defense do a lot of slideshows about jets or tanks or patrols, but not much about our literal dogs of war.
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The United States War Dogs Association estimates that, since the beginning of their service, dogs have saved approximately 10,000 American lives.
Dogs have been in service and seen combat with Americans in every conflict since the birth of the nation, but have only served officially since WWI.
Dogs were mostly used as message carriers during the first few conflicts.
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