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Stars and Stripes – The four-legged Marines transfer to the Air Force, bringing new skills and abilities to Yokota

By Kimberly Carbonell
July 1, 2021
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Technology. Sgt. Seth Shannon, the kennel master of 374 Security Forces Squadron, holds the Allie military working dog at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, June 25, 2021 (Theron Godbold / Stars and Stripes)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A pair of black Labrador Retrievers have gone from green to blue from the III Marine Expeditionary Force to new jobs with the 374th Air Force Security Squadron in Tokyo.

Splash and Allie – girls aged 4 and 5 – flew from Camp Hanson in Okinawa to the home of the U.S. Forces Japan and the 5th Air Force in the Japanese capital this spring, Tech said. Sgt. Seth Shannon, the Security Forces Squadron Kennel Master.

The dogs, which cost $ 100,000 to train, were from a deployment program the Marines are downsizing, Shannon said in a recent interview at the Yokota Kennel.

Splash, one of the newest <a class=military working dogs at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, searches for a tennis ball during training on June 25, 2021. “/>
Splash, one of the newest military working dogs at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, searches for a tennis ball during training on June 25, 2021. (Theron Godbold / Stars and Stripes)

Splash and Allie give the squadron enhanced capabilities that could come in handy during a deployment, he said. Unlike Yokota’s other military working dogs, they can work off leash, sniffing explosives away from their handlers who can direct them with hand signals.

Labradors are not trained to bite and restrain intruders like Yokota’s other dogs, all German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois, said Shannon, who has previously been deployed to the United Arab Emirates as a dog handler.

Last week, the airmen put the old “devil dogs” to the test on an obstacle course near the kennel. Their reward was to chase a tennis ball thrown by their masters.

Air Force Staff Sgt.  David Ferro works with Splash, one of the newest military working dogs from 374 Security Forces Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2021.
Air Force Staff Sgt. David Ferro works with Splash, one of the newest military working dogs from 374 Security Forces Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2021 (Theron Godbold / Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Staff Sgt.  David Ferro works with Splash, one of the newest military working dogs from 374 Security Forces Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2021.
Air Force Staff Sgt. David Ferro works with Splash, one of the newest military working dogs from 374 Security Forces Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2021 (Theron Godbold / Stars and Stripes)
Allie, a 5-year-old Labrador retriever, jumps over an obstacle at Yokota <a class=Air Force Base, Japan on June 25, 2021. She and another military working dog, Splash, were recently transferred to the 374th Airlift Wing. of the Marine Corps in Okinawa. “/>
Allie, a 5-year-old Labrador retriever, jumps over an obstacle at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan on June 25, 2021. She and another military working dog, Splash, were recently transferred to the 374th Airlift Wing. of the Marine Corps in Okinawa. (Theron Godbold / Stars and Stripes)

“They would love to be petted,” Shannon said of the dogs, but added that it is Air Force policy not to let people, other than their handlers, touch them.

In January, the Commander of US Forces in Japan, Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, pinned Shannon with an Air Force Medal of Honor for his efforts to overcome coronavirus restrictions and procure 11 more military working dogs for bases in Japan last year.

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