While most military dogs of WWII were used for sentry duty in the United States, more than 1,800 dogs were sent into combat starting in 1942.

Liberating Guam required the United States Marine Corps to call in a couple of platoons filled with special operators: jungle-fighting dogs of war. They were the Devil Dogs' devil dogs.

Marine Corps military working dogs deploy alongside Marine dog handlers to combat zones and even aboard ships for patrols and drug and explosive detection missions.

The Beckley’s are a four-generation Marine Corps family. Five, if you count their combat dog Rico.

Unlike other Marine military working dogs, that trained and deploy with military police handlers, IDDs were trained to deploy with infantrymen and Marines in other combat specialties, who would ...

Source: United States Marine Corps While the United States Marine Corps is trained for combat and the defense of the United States, its role can sometimes be far more meaningful. As the world saw ...

Like any other Marine, Chesty XVI, the Marine Corps' Devil Dog mascot, has been promoted after six months of honorable, satisfactory service.