operation baghdad pups

no, soldiers are not allowed to keep animals while on combat duty. we ALL know how animals make us feel though. they calm us. they love us. they even save us. welcome to your new home charlie
(check out more great photos of charlie, at the link below)


Making a Home for Charlie, Away From Baghdad's Slums



By Karin Brulliard Washington Post Staff Writer





He hesitated just a bit as he rounded a corner inside Dulles International Airport yesterday and spotted the flock of television cameras and cooing journalists awaiting him. Then, with posture erect like a soldier's, he trotted straight toward the action -- he was used to bomb blasts and gunfire, after all, so this was nothing. Post-escape from Baghdad and fresh off a 13-hour flight from Kuwait, Charlie the border collie mix actually seemed to be smiling for the crowd.
Five months after the SPCA International received a plea from American soldiers hoping to transfer their beloved Iraqi stray to U.S. terrain, the 9-month-old mutt became the first beneficiary of the animal advocacy organization's effort to rescue pets from the war zones where they provide solace to service members. Charlie eventually will live in Phoenix with one of his caretaker soldiers. ...........


picture: SPCA International Baghdad Pups program transports a dog named Charlie, of Charlie Company, for a soldier in Iraq who befriended the 9-month-old Border Collie mix.
Carol Guzy - The Washington Post