“In a fenced area about the size of two football fields, the U.S. Army is training a four-legged response to the ‘war on terror.’  Labrador retrievers and German shepherds are learning to use their noses to sniff out explosive mines that would otherwise kill soldiers and destroy equipment in hostile areas,” writes Terry Ganey of the Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri. 

The article, The Dogs of War, does a great job explaining one of the three Military Working Dog programs developed and deployed for the Department of Defense (DoD) by the staff at CTC’s office in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 

Last year, CTC became the sole provider of Mine Detection Dog and Specialized Search Dog training to the U.S. Army through contracts with the U.S. Army Engineer Detection Dog Program and Office of the Provost Marshal General.  CTC has also completed development and delivery of a third program, the Combat Tracker Dog program, for the U.S. Marine Corps.   

Ganey’s Tribune article includes interviews and photos of CTC employees Mark Smith (Explosives Detection Assistant Instructor) and Andrew Sinclair (Explosive Detection Canine Subject Matter Expert).