Archive for July 26th, 2009

Still More Tales From History

Author’s Note: The following article combines two that I originally wrote and published on my personal blog, Large Fierce Mammal in September 2008. This will be your Sunday programming while Diana and I lead the Pack for a day in the woods.

A Tiny Tale …

Diana holds Tiny, the canine cannon ball, during the little gaffer’s “Welcome to Canada” party.

Back in 2000, I was in Florida on business and ended up rescuing a little ragamuffin toy poodle puppy named Tiny. Because I was traveling on business, I flew there and back in uniform. This was before we transitioned to the black field uniforms. At the time, we used a navy blue tactical uniform for field operations with “Whynacht Security & Survival” shoulder flashes and mine also had a bright yellow “Dog Handler” patch on the right sleeve. Read the rest of this entry »