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Show ASr puts beagle's retirement on hold s Stop-Los- by Staff Sgt. Beverly Isik 65rn A.r Rise VJirg Pubnc A"j,rs s S far. has Portugal (At PS) Air the Force Air I1."00 plus Jake, warty finK Forre s only xplosive-snif Jake, a iinintxr of )v rth Se curity Fon es Squadron for the past six years, was really looking forward to his scheduled LAJKS HKI.D. Stop-Los- affVit.-- l. October retipfiii nt. He had been dreaming of the good life for months. Sleeping late. No more patrolling and doing random searches. Then and Sept. 11 put all that on hold. Osama bin Stop-Loswhich became effective Oct. 2. gave military service secretaries authority to keep service members who otherwise would retire or leave the service. So, like many others. Jake is going to have to postpone his retirement. is tired The beagle that is 77 in human years of "sleeping in the dog house," and of being the butt of jokes around the squadron. So what if he is short. Me knows people make fun of the fact that his partner. Staff Sgt. Trevor Woodard. has to lift him up so he can check the mailboxes at the post office. "I don't think he knows he's so little," Woodard said. "He's Gera little bossy toward the other dogs. We have an man shepherd who's afraid of him." Weighing in at a whopping 25 pounds. Jake is only trained for searching, not for attacking like most military working dogs. "We still joke that he's our vicious attack beagle," Woodard said. Jake may be old. but he is still a good cop. "His nose is as good as ever." said Woodard, who has been Jake's partner for the past year. "He's just tired of working." on the To compensate for the inconvenience of Stop-Loeight-yea- r veteran. Woodard incorporates as much training as possible into Jake's schedule. Unlike most military working dog. Most dogs are rewarded with dogs, Jake is a a ball or some other chew toy. "I try to find as many excuses as possible to give him extra treats," Woodard said. "That way he feels a little better about being out working, instead of sleeping." 1 d ss food-rewar- Force News d ( )ut of nearly 2.XW military working dogs in the Department of Defense. Jake has been the only beagle in the Air Force for the past 10 y ears, said Gary Emery from the Air Force Security Forces Center at Lackland AFB. Texas. "Besides Jake, there is one other beagle which is assigned to the Navy." Emery said. "There are three other small-bree- d dogs in training here at Lackland: a Jack Russell terrier, a springer spaniel and an English cocker spaniel. The Navy uses these smaller breeds to search areas aboard ships that German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois can't reach." Jake has not lived a glamorous life or traveled to hot spots around the world. I le has never had the opportunity to protect the president of the United States or other dignitaries. But Jake knows he has been a vital part of force protection here. He is intimately familiar with every nook and cranny of the base, and he has been dedicated to keeping it safe for the past six years. Jake is a rare breed as far as his partner is concerned. "He's kind of cool," Woodard said. "He has definitely got a personality. I call him a crotchety old geezer, but he has grown on me." When he can finally turn in his badge, Woodard said Jake will be able to do what beagles do best chase rabbits. Thanks to a new law that allows adoption of older military working dogs by qualified people, Jake already has a new home. Fellow security forces member Senior Master Sgt. Mitchell Price is adopting Jake. But this is not a typical adoption. The squadron has applied for a special order from the 65th Air Base Wing commander that would make Jake the official squadron mascot. If the request is approved, Jake would spend his days in the squadron and go home to his new family at night. "Hell always be part of the squadron as far as I'm concerned," Price said. "My goal is whoever replaces me here at Lajes will adopt Jake so he can stay here with the squadron." Price said he made the decision to adopt Jake for various reasons. "He's the last of his kind, and my kids fell in love with him," Price said. "But in reality, I didn't want him to be euthanized. the security forces and We wanted to keep him in the family mine." m mm smus RICHARD DUNKLEY, Agent 708 VV. Antelope Dr. Layton $50 Personal Loans 7733121 INtUIANCI - $1500 Car Title Loans JjB Vv Discharged Bankruptcies I Layton Finance POP OOOO OJUO'OOOO Home Offices: Blootnimiton, Illinois Stale farm Insurance Companies Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson Jake, the Air Force's only explosive-sniffin-g beagle, and Staff Sgt. Trevor Woodard, 65th Security Forces Squadron, make routine checks of the post office and other base facilities at Lajes Field, Portugal. 1969 N. 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