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  • PHOTOS: JBSA-Lackland hosts DOD K9 competition

    The Department of Defense K9 Competition took place at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on March 6, 2025. The event brought back Military Working Dog handlers to where their training first started.

  • The legacy of MWD Nemo and Robert ‘Bob’ Thorneburg

    Vietnam War Veteran Airman Robert "Bob" Throneburg and his partner, Military Working Dog Nemo, have an enduring legacy within the working dog community. On April 2, Throneburg’s family came to see the impacts of this legacy in person when they visited the 341st Training Squadron.

  • 81st SFS trains with K-9 Diesel

    81st Security Forces Squadron members and their canines are seen at the gates and all over base, ensuring they remain at the top of their game.The training that happens behind the kennel gates, however, is arguably the most important of all.

  • 341st Training Squadron holds first military working dog expo

    The 341st Training Squadron held its first military working dog expo Nov. 18 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Squadron personnel spent the morning doing detection, obedience, and patrol demonstrations. They also had a weapons display from the 37th Training Support Squadron Combat Arms

  • Getting back to good: resiliency, grappling and dogs

    James Turner, a Military Working Dog Trainer for the 341st Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, credits the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and his career training MWD, with helping him find a sense of purpose and happiness. It was not always a smooth journey.

  • Ruck Racism: JBSA community leans in

    On June 13, 2020, members from across the JBSA-Lackland come together as a military community in a show of solitary in hopes to bring awareness and compassion to a very sensitive and complex topic. This Ruck Racism event was an an opportunity to take a moment to express, to listen, to understand and

  • 4th Graders go behind the 'virtual' scenes with K-9 training

    The 341st Training Squadron conducts all military working dog initial training as well as all MWD handlers courses for the Department of Defense right here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. This elite team was able to share what they do with a class of 4th grade students from Buda