ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to all of the military journalists and photographers, media professionals, and Public Affairs staff members—officers, enlisted, reservists, and civilians — whose jobs often require them to work under dangerous conditions, all with the sole effort to get the story out about Military Working Dogs and the handlers who work with them.

Eternal thanks be to Superagent, aka Scott Mendel, and Elizabeth Dabbett of Mendel Media Group.

Thanks also to Peter Joseph and Melanie Fried at Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin’s Press, as well as Tom Dunne, Sally Richardson, and the late Matthew Shear, for launching this whole canine / critter trajectory starting with The Dogs of War. Thanks also to Laura Clark, Staci Burt, Kimberly Lew, Sarah Melnyk, and Sarah Schoof for helping make all my books shine.