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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1, 2008. 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1, 2008. 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1, 2008. 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1 at. 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather makes some playtime for his partner Diego Nov. 1 at. 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Diego makes it over an eight foot obstacle Nov. 1. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois weighing 72 pounds, is the only military working dog at KRAB capable of this feat. Diego and his handler, Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Diego makes it over an eight foot obstacle Nov. 1. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois weighing 72 pounds, is the only military working dog at KRAB capable of this feat. Diego and his handler, Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston receives firsthand experience on the capabilities of military working dogs from Diego Nov. 2, 2008. Sergeant Walston was researching MWD for a story. Sergeant Walston is a public affairs craftsman assigned to the 506th Air Expeditionary Group and is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Charles McNamara)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston receives firsthand experience on the capabilities of military working dogs from Diego Nov. 2, 2008. Sergeant Walston was researching MWD for a story. Sergeant Walston is a public affairs craftsman assigned to the 506th Air Expeditionary Group and is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Charles McNamara)

Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Diego climbs an eight foot obstacle Nov. 1, 2008. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois weighing 72 pounds, is the only military working dog at KRAB capable of this feat. Diego and his handler, Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq -- Diego climbs an eight foot obstacle Nov. 1, 2008. Diego, a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois weighing 72 pounds, is the only military working dog at KRAB capable of this feat. Diego and his handler, Staff Sgt. Robert Starkweather 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 by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)