USFK MWD handlers compete for top dog

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  • By Senior Airman Allison Payne
  • 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Senior Airman Juan Lopez, 51st Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler, and MWD Hera, prepare to begin the obedience course portion of the First Annual United States Forces Korea K9 Competition at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 27, 2022. The purpose of the competition was to get together the best of the best MWDs on the peninsula to compete and showcase their capabilities. Handlers and dogs were judged on detection, obedience, controlled aggression and bite work, as well as determining the hardest hitting and fastest dog.