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Military Working Dog Desensitization Training

  • U.S. Army Europe and Africa
  • March 8, 2023 | 1:22

Pfc. Connor Ramage from 525th Military Working Dog Detachment takes Marie, a four year-old patrol drug detector dog, up in a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter March 8, 2023 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Desensitization training prepares the dog and the handler to work as a team in stressful environments, before they get deployed downrange.