SrA Mark Bush, KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, IRAQ -- Senior Airman Mark Bush, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron K-9 handler, and [MWD] Chukky, a bomb detection K-9, perform an aggressive defensive measure at base supply here July 21. The team inspects nearly 424 vehicles and performs 24 ADM's a week. Airman Bush is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. and calls Chicago, Ill. home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Randi Flaugh). SrA Bush was teamed with Ernie Childers during his deployment – Way to go Mark and Chukky!

K-9: A dog-eat-dog perspective -
Staff Sgt Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner [MWD] Diego Nov. 1 at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois is a military working dog. Sergeant Starkweather and Diego are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary security Forces Squadron/K-9 Unit. They are both deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt Jeff Walston)