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This retired Marine saved thousands of lives in Afghanistan

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Summer, a yellow Lab, is 8. These days, she patrols Washington Union Station with her partner, Sgt. Micah Jones. It’s a five-day-a-week job.“When I get up and get ready, put my uniform on, I put the harness on, she knows she’s ready to go,” Jones told ABC affiliate WJLA.


But Summer hasn’t always been his partner. In her previous life, Summer was deployed in Afghanistan with the Marines.“


She’s been in firefights. She’s found IEDs and VBEDs and it’s just an honor to work—that an animal like that saved thousands and thousands of lives,” her partner says.And now, Summer is up for the American Humane Hero Dog Awards in the military category. Read more

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