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Combat Dog Who earned Bronze Stars in Iraq Shot and Killed in Wyoming

Posted on 17 October 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

Having seen military working dogs in action, I can tell you they are not only worth their weight in gold in combat but also in rehabilitation when they are brought home to soldiers with PTSD. I hope that both the case gets investigated and if any wrongdoing occurred, the man gets prosecuted and also that Ranger Bessler finds another dog, if possible, to help him with his therapy.-SF

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A bomb-sniffing combat dog named Mike survived two tours of duty in Iraq but not the streets of a bucolic little town in Wyoming.

The 9-year-old Belgian Malinois was shot and killed in Powell last Saturday by a bicyclist who said he was attacked, leaving Mike’s devastated owner Matthew Bessler, a retired Army Ranger, wondering how he is going to deal with his combat-related injuries alone.

“I raised him as a puppy, and the ability he has to sense some of the issues that I have with seizures, with my PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), my TBI (traumatic brain injury) and severe anxiety disorders, how he can calm me down just by being in my presence,” Besseler told the Billings Gazette Friday. “He can help take the focus and help change the focus of what’s going on with me and help me calm down or relax me.”

Bessler, a 20-year Army vet, served six tours in Iraq with the 10th Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado, with Mike his inseparable partner on two of those tours.

Read the Remainder at Fox News

3 thoughts on “Combat Dog Who earned Bronze Stars in Iraq Shot and Killed in Wyoming”

  1. Brittius says:
    17 October 2015 at 15:03

    Reblogged this on Brittius.

  2. BigDogatPlay says:
    17 October 2015 at 16:00

    Reblogged this on The View From Out West.

  3. GP Cox says:
    18 October 2015 at 06:27

    This infuriates me!!!!!!

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