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First All US NAVY Sentry Dog Course Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas Class No. 14126 January, 1967 . ![]() |
The
Class of '67
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Everything
has to start somewhere, and US Navy K-9, Da Nang started with a class of
dog handler trainees at Lackland, AFB, San Antonio, Texas.
Additional handlers and replacements went through training at Lackland, AFB, as well. But they were parts of regular training 'flights' comprised mostly of Air Force personnel. A very few Navy handlers received their training in the Philippines. Upon completion of training the Class of '67 and their dogs were loaded on to two C-130's for the flight to Da Nang. The trip took a total of 40 hours due to stops at Travis AFB, Hickam Field (Hawaii), Midway, Wake Island, Kadena AFB (Okinawa) and finally Da Nang. The dogs were tranquilized prior to the trip and re-tranquilized in Hawaii. Prior
to going to Sentry Dog School, we all had to go through Security Police
School, I seem to remember that was and Air Force requirement. And following
Dog School, replacement handlers went through additional training at the
Navy Base in San Diego, CA and SERE Training (Survival, Evasion,
Resistance, & Escape) at the USMC's Camp Pendleton, San Bernadino,
CA.
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The Class of '67 |
1st Row, left to right | 2nd Row, left to right |
SN G C Kalbus | Bruno 81x3 | ........ | SN G Hamm | Jerry 94x9 |
SN H A Morgan | Rex 73x5 | SN A Griggs | Rommel 95x2 | |
SN G Hart | Teddy 98x3 | SN J W Conley | Prince 70x1 | |
SN Evans | Teddy 79x7 | SN L E Gibbons | Duke 89x7 | |
SN G J Curtiss | Erich 81x2 | SN G Melloseau | Brandy 99x1 | |
SN R M Gum | Rebel 78x4 | SN S Campbell | Teddy 97x7 | |
SN D Massey | Chief 95x8 | SN J Murphy | Jet 90x5 | |
SN R E Taylor | Rolf -?? | SN (unknown) | (unknown) | |
SN M G Morrison | Otto 94x3 | SN J L Seale | Sam 92x7 | |
SN S D Thompson | Ringo 94x0 | SN T J Standke | Fritz 79x3 | |
SN M K Carter, KIA | Duke 39x8 | SN H S Carmen | Shannon 93x7 | |
SN G Fritz | Timber 8a92 | SN T A Pearson | Storm 96x1 | |
SN J B Robbins | Panzer -?? | SNR C Prest | King -?? | |
SN W G Scheefer | Falk 95x7 | SN C A Barger | Wolf 72x1 | |
SN J Mittman | Storm 09x4 | |||
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Kneeling in front | ||||
GMG1 Del Jarnovan | LTJG Cagis |
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Dog School Instructors
At the bottom of the photo of the Class of '67 there are small pictures of the instructors. Most of them are the same instructors I had a year later. It would therefore seem many Viet Nam era Sentry Dog handlers were the product of these few men. So I thought I would name them here, as well |
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1st Row, left to right | |
S/SGT Stinson, | Assistant Instructor Superisor |
T/SGT Riley | Instructor Supervisor |
S/Sgt Dover | Instructor |
2nd Row, left to right | |
S/SGT Snyder | Instructor |
A/1C Van Vraken | Instructor |
SP-5 Smith | Instructor |
SP-4 Roberts | Instructor |