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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR M Sanchez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/18/07

HB

SHORT TITLE WAR DOGS, IN RECOGNITION

SB SJM 1

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 1 recognizes the courage, heroism and sacrifice of war dogs and offers

humble gratitude for the heroic performance of war dogs as the auxiliary and best friends of

American service personnel.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

NFI

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The military has faithfully been served by tens of thousands of war dogs during World War II,

the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War; the Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping

operations; and coalition operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

These war dogs were specially trained for extremely hazardous duties, such as scout sentry,

tracking, mine and booby trap detection, tunnel and water patrol, coast guard, messenger, search

and rescue, and explosives and drug detection.

Senate Joint Memorial 1– Page

2

American military war dog teams have established a long and legendary history of courage,

heroism and sacrifice on countless foreign fields of battle and are credited with saving many

thousands of lives of Americans, allies and noncombatants.

War dogs have significantly reduced the enemy's capacity to sabotage or destroy war equipment

worth billions of dollars, working only for food, water and the love, loyalty and bond of their

handlers.

Thousands of war dogs with everyday names like Prince, Duke, Gomer, Tuffy, Fritz, Lady,

Rebel, Sarge, Pirate, Krim, Buck, Rusty, Satan and Blackie never returned from their duty in

harm's way.

The national war dog team memorial is currently being crafted for permanent display in

Washington D.C.

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