I volunteer in our mailroom here in Afghanistan and we have six dogs with us to sniff out contraband and bombs. These dogs are taken care of by YOUR loved ones that are here. Seeing a dog being walked by a handler or being petted, talked to fed or played with by random troops is the norm. Many of us gravitate towards the dogs because we are missing our pets back at home. Please believe me when I tell you that no serveicemember would stand for leaving one of our buddies (the dogs) behind. If it is happening then it is happening in isolated places or circumstances. As I stated in an earlier email our dogs are on orders and are a part of our military. Our working dogs are considered servicemembers that are serving their country. I believe there is more to this story as to why the dogs are being left behind. Maybe this is something contractors are doing because they are not held as accountable as our military. I'm still looking into it.