poland awards military rank to bomb-sniffing dogs
2024-09-12
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source: cankaoxiaoxi.com
reference news reported on september 11 according to the associated press on september 9, at a military ceremony held in a small town near warsaw, some new privates received their ranks. the team consists of a german shepherd, a dutch shepherd and two belgian malinois.
the four dogs - named einar, elliot, enzo and emily - were awarded military ranks on wednesday as part of a new polish program to recognize the service of bomb-sniffing dogs, work that is meaningful because it helps protect human lives.
general wieslaw kukuwa, chief of the polish army's general staff, decided last year that dogs serving in the polish military will be eligible for six ranks, from private to corporal to sergeant.
the change has been welcomed by military dog trainers.
"the rank is given to recognize the hard work that the dogs do while serving," said lance corporal daniel kasitsky, who recently completed a five-month training course with two-year-old elliot, a belgian malinois. "to me, it's a symbolic recognition that the dogs are serving their country."
according to army spokesman captain dominik powaza, the dogs awarded on the 6th belong to the 2nd masovia engineer regiment, which became the first unit in the polish armed forces to introduce military dogs in 2007. so far, none of these dogs have been killed in action.
at the rank-awarding ceremony, military dog trainers received the badges with military ranks one by one and fastened them to the dog's harness. the military dogs that have completed basic training and served for more than one year were awarded military ranks.
the rank is largely a symbolic recognition, "so that we realize that these dogs are also members of the armed forces," puwaza said.
"they are not just tools for detecting explosives, they are living beings," he said.
recently, the unit was sent to the paris summer olympics and paralympics. soldiers and four of the 16 dogs went to france to reinforce security there and conduct bomb disposal at various facilities.
