Currently, the US Military has deployed 2,700 Military Working Dogs (MWDs) worldwide. 

Today’s military working dogs are a valued part of military operations. 

In fact, fully-trained bomb canines are worth upward of $150,000.

In the five years between 2005 and 2010 in Iraq and Afghanistan, MWDs found 12,500 lbs of explosives. It is estimated that each dog is responsible for saving anywhere from 150 to 1,800 lives.