“My former partner MWD Body was laid to rest Sunday morning due to stage 5 Lymphoma. His current handler, Jared Robert, along with Ryan Walker and another handler from their home station escorted Body to the vet for the final time. While this has been hard for me, I can’t imagine how these guys feel seeing this great dog take his final breath. Deployments are hard enough, and this is certainly the toughest thing an MWD handler could ever go through. So if you’re reading this, say a prayer for MWD Body and these gentlemen today. RIP MWD Body (R439). I’ll never forget you.” -SSgt Lewis
\nMWD Body R439 was born in Dec 2009 and arrived at Dover AFB, Delaware January 2012. He deployed to the middle east twice and assisted the US Secret Service on more than 15 security details across the globe. Body was serving in the middle east at the time he was laid to rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“My former partner MWD Body was laid to rest Sunday morning due to stage 5 Lymphoma. His current handler, Jared Robert, along with Ryan Walker and another handler from their home station escorted Body to the vet for the final time. While this has been hard for me, I can’t imagine how these guys feel …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","category-military","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"\n