USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea (NNS) -- Master-at-arms dog handlers from Yokosuka Naval Base ceremoniously paid their last respects to three of their working dog partners during a burial at sea service Dec. 2 aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).
Burials at sea are an age-old tradition in the Navy, but this ceremony was the first of its kind on Blue Ridge involving three military working dogs, Art, Max and Connor.
MWD Max tour of duty was to Afghanistan in support of the "Global War on Terrorism" from August 2005 through January 2006.
USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea (NNS) -- Master-at-arms dog handlers from Yokosuka Naval Base ceremoniously paid their last respects to three of their working dog partners during a burial at sea service Dec. 2 aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).
Burials at sea are an age-old tradition in the Navy, but this ceremony was the first of its kind on Blue Ridge involving three military working dogs, Art, Max and Connor.
MWD Max tour of duty was to Afghanistan in support of the "Global War on Terrorism" from August 2005 through January 2006.
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