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Army Pfc. Austin Vecciarelli receives a hug from Joker, a military working dog, after training in the detachment's K-9 kennel at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 26, 2016. Vecciarelli is a military working dog handler assigned to the 513th Military Police Detachment, 93rd Military Police Battalion. Army photo by Wendy Brown

Jolly Joker

Army Pfc. Austin Vecciarelli receives a hug from Joker, a military working dog, after training in the detachment's K-9 kennel at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 26, 2016. Vecciarelli is a military working dog handler assigned to the 513th Military Police Detachment, 93rd Military Police Battalion. Army photo by Wendy Brown

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