Military dogs are awe-inspiring creatures, especially when attached to elite troops like the Navy SEALs. All day, the media have been in a frenzy over the fact that a military dog accompanied SEAL ...

To start, military working dogs go through a 120-day training ... the Navy does not simply rip out their working dogs' teeth for the sake of creating metal-mouthed war machines.

"The military uses a variety of breeds ... us that they don't actually go and replace war dogs' teeth with titanium replacements. Instead the metal teeth are only installed for medical reasons ...

That notch was used to align the metal plate on the machine that embossed the information. The notch became the center of U.S. military troops' first myth around their dog tags. Common belief held ...

Claim: Dog tags used to have notches so they could be wedged between the teeth of fallen soldiers ... In the more turbulent world of the military, however, a hardier ID token is necessary.

Zeus, 8, a Belgian Malinois, is a special dog because he's a military working dog and he needs his teeth to work. If his teeth don't work the mission fails, and he needs his teeth to protect his ...

After a few moments, his handler, Spc. Austin Lancaster, native of Amarillo, Texas and military working dog handler for the 180th Military Working Dog Detachment at Fort Leonard Wood, gave Larry ...

One tag goes between the top and bottom front teeth, and the other goes between ... rust or get destroyed easily. The U.S. military’s use of metal dog tags dates back to at least 1906, according ...

who trains dogs and handlers at the Al Asad kennel. Evans has been working with military dogs for the past ... Malinois has a top speed of 45 mph, 42 teeth and can bite with a force of as much ...