[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 44 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 44

 Honoring the service and sacrifice of the United States Armed Forces 
    military working dog teams for the part they have played in the 
                       Nation's military history.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2003

Mr. Hayes submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the service and sacrifice of the United States Armed Forces 
    military working dog teams for the part they have played in the 
                       Nation's military history.

Whereas beginning in World War I, the United States Armed Forces have actively 
        recruited, trained, equipped, and deployed tens of thousands of military 
        working dog teams to ensure the safety of United States military and 
        civilian personnel operating under the exigencies of war and 
        peacekeeping operations;
Whereas since World War I, tens of thousands of American families have donated 
        dogs to the Armed Forces in an effort to help protect and save American 
        lives during times of war and peacekeeping missions on foreign soil;
Whereas the tasks that military working dog teams have been trained to perform 
        include scout, water scout, sentry, tracker, messenger, tunnel detector, 
        mine, booby trap and bomb detector, search and rescue, and drug 
        detector;
Whereas during the Vietnam War, bounties were offered for the termination of 
        military working dogs and their handlers because of their effectiveness 
        at detecting enemy infiltrations into United States airfields and base 
        camps, alerting on snipers and ambushes, sniffing out hidden enemy base 
        camps, locating enemy underground tunnel complexes, and finding hidden 
        caches of enemy weapons, food, and medical supplies;
Whereas thousands of military dog handlers and their dogs have been killed or 
        wounded in action;
Whereas dogs have abilities that the most advanced technology cannot match, 
        rendering them invaluable to personnel serving in the Armed Forces;
Whereas dogs have not only helped win battles and save lives, but also have had 
        an enormous beneficial effect upon the mental well-being of those humans 
        with whom they served, sometimes in the severest of battle conditions;
Whereas tens of thousands of additional United States servicemembers would have 
        been killed or wounded in action had it not been for the courageous 
        efforts and sacrifices of military working dog teams; and
Whereas the Armed Forces continue to train, equip, and deploy thousands of 
        military working dog teams in support of United States peacekeeping 
        missions around the world: Now, therefore, be it:
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the service and 
sacrifice of the tens of thousands of United States Armed Forces 
working dog teams that served during World War I, World War II, the 
Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and Bosnia 
peacekeeping operations and the working dog teams serving during 
current operations in the Global War on Terrorism.
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