British Army Specialist Dog Training Units In Basra

BASRA, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 29: Two British Soldiers from the Theater Military Working Dog Unit train a German Shepherd attack dog at the British Military base on September 29, 2004 in Shaibah near Basrah in Southern Iraq. In Iraq the TMWD Support Unit has 25 German Shepherd attacks dogs that are trained in 10 weeks to bite the right arm of a suspect. It also holds Labrador or English Springer Spaniel which are trained for 25 weeks in order to search for arms and explosives. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)