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Narrator: CHOPPER,
ALL 90 POUNDS OF HIM,
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LOOKS THE PART
OF AN ALL-AMERICAN DOG.
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HE'S A CHAMP AT TUG OF WAR
AND A GREAT FAMILY PET,
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JUST LIKE MILLIONS
OF OTHER DOGS.
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HE'S EVEN LEARNED TO SURF.
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Man: WOO HOO HOO HOO!
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Narrator: BUT CHOPPER HAS
A SECRET IDENTITY.
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HE'S A STEALTH WARRIOR,
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ONE OF THE PENTAGON'S
SPECIAL OPERATORS.
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AFTER 9/11, U.S. NAVY SEALS
FOUND A NEW KIND OF RECRUIT.
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CHOPPER WAS RAW POTENTIAL,
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BUT WITH THE RIGHT
TRAINING AND GEAR,
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HE COULD JUMP INTO BATTLEFIELDS
IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
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FOR FOUR YEARS,
HE AND TREVOR MAROSHEK,
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A DECORATED NAVY SEAL,
WERE AN ELITE FIGHTING TEAM.
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WITH AN UNSHAKABLE BOND,
EACH SAVED THE OTHER'S LIFE.
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Trevor Maroshek:
HAD CHOPPER NOT BEEN THERE,
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I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR SURE.
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Narrator: IN 2007,
THE NAVY SEALS STARTED
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THEIR OWN UNIQUELY DESIGNED
CANINE PROGRAM.
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TREVOR MAROSHEK
WAS ONE OF ITS PIONEERS.
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THEIR GOAL:
FOR MILITARY WORKING DOGS
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TO DO EVERYTHING NAVY SEALS DO.
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Trevor: WE BASICALLY WENT
TO ALL THE WORLD'S BEST
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CANINE TRAINING SCENARIOS
WE COULD
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TO JUST PULL THE BEST COMPONENTS
OUT OF IT
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AND SEE HOW IT MAY APPLY
TO OUR JOB.
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Stewart Hilliard: SPECIAL FORCES
DOGS HAVE A DIFFERENT MISSION.
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MUCH MORE IS EXPECTED FROM THEM.
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THEY HAVE TO BE
MORE POWERFUL, BRAVER,
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MORE PHYSICALLY ENDURING.
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THEY ARE THE CREME DE LA CREME,
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THE MOST EXTREMELY FIT
AND MOTIVATED DOGS.
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Narrator: SEAL DOGS ARE CHOSEN
FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ENDURANCE
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AND SUPER-HIGH DRIVES.
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ABOUT 1% OF DOGS MAKE THE CUT.
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Hilliard: WHAT WE LOOK FOR FIRST
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IS WE LOOK FOR THE DOG'S
DESIRE TO WORK,
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WHICH IS REALLY BASED ULTIMATELY
ON THEIR GENETICS
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AND THEIR INSTINCT TO ENGAGE
IN BEHAVIORS LIKE HUNTING,
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LIKE FIGHTING, LIKE SEARCHING,
ET CETERA.
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SO A DOG LIKE THIS
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HAS TREMENDOUSLY STRONG
VITAL INSTINCTS.
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SHE LOVES TO EAT,
SHE LOVES TO RUN,
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SHE LOVES TO CHASE THINGS,
SHE LOVES TO STRUGGLE,
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SHE LOVES TO HOLD THINGS
IN HER MOUTH,
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SHE DOESN'T WANT
TO GIVE THINGS UP
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WHEN THEY'RE IN HER MOUTH.
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IF YOU CHALLENGE HER,
IF YOU TRY TO FRIGHTEN HER,
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SHE FIGHTS BACK REFLEXIVELY
AND WITH PLEASURE.
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SHE LIKES IT.
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Narrator: AND THAT WAS
EXACTLY CHOPPER'S PROFILE.
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IN MAY 2007, THE NAVY LET TREVOR
CHOOSE HIS PARTNER,
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A CHOICE BETWEEN CHOPPER'S
RAW POTENTIAL
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OR OTHER PROVEN PEDIGREES.
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Trevor:
THERE WAS A BELGIAN MALINOIS,
THERE WAS A DUTCH SHEPHERD,
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AND THEN THERE WAS THIS GIGANTIC
BLACK FUR MISSILE MONSTER
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THAT WAS SPINNING, KIND OF
INVERTEDLY SPINNING THIS WAY,
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LIKE THEY DO IN THE CARTOONS,
YOU KNOW, THE ACME CARTOONS,
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AND IT WAS CHOPPER.
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Narrator: TREVOR CHOSE CHOPPER,
A GERMAN SHEPHERD,
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BECAUSE HE WAS THE SCARIEST DOG
HE'D EVER SEEN.
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Trevor: WANT TO GO FOR A SWIM?
GO FOR A SWIM?
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Narrator: ON THE WAY BACK
FROM THE KENNEL,
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THE TWO CAME
TO A QUICK UNDERSTANDING.
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Trevor: I LOOKED OVER AT HIM,
MADE EYE CONTACT WITH CHOPPER,
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AND WE HAD
A "HERE'S THE DEAL" SPEECH.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERS,
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AND YOU'RE GOOD TO ME,
I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU.
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YOU ATTACK ME,
I'LL ATTACK YOU,
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AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
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Narrator:
TREVOR HAD HIS PARTNER,
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BUT THE ROAD AHEAD
WOULD BE FRAUGHT
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WITH STRUGGLE, UNCERTAINTY
AND MORTAL DANGER.
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AND TREVOR WONDERED IF EITHER
OF THEM HAD THE RIGHT STUFF.
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TREVOR GREW UP IN THE BEACH TOWN
OF SAN CLEMENTE
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ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST.
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Trevor: OH, I WAS A WATER BABY
THROUGH AND THROUGH,
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AND MY DAD REALLY ENCOURAGED IT.
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Narrator: HE LEARNED TO SWIM
AT AGE 3 AND WAS SURFING AT 5.
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Nick Maroshek: 5 OR 6, YEAH,
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AND THEN WE GOT HIM
HIS FIRST SURFBOARD,
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AND AWAY HE WENT.
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Barbara Maroshek: YEAH, ANYTHING
TO DO WITH WATER, HE LOVED IT.
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Narrator: BUT AS A TEENAGER,
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TREVOR MOVED FROM THE WATER
TO TROUBLE.
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Trevor: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
I WAS AN ABSOLUTE PUNK.
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I WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS
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THAT YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T
WANT YOU TO HANG OUT WITH.
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Nick: AROUND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL,
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HE STARTED GETTING INVOLVED
WITH SKATEBOARDING,
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AND SURFING BECAME
A BIGGER THING FOR HIM.
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THEN HE STARTED BEING ATTRACTED
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TO THE MORE COLORFUL PEOPLE
THAT WERE AT THE SCHOOL.
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Barbara:
HE ALWAYS SORT OF FLIRTED
ON THE EDGE OF DANGEROUS THINGS,
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YOU KNOW, AND GETTING DRAWN INTO
THINGS HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
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Narrator: BUT 9/11
CHANGED TREVOR'S LIFE.
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Trevor:
THE DAY THAT 9/11 HAPPENED,
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I HAD AN IMMEDIATE
CHANGE OF HEART.
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AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER
MY BROTHER JOINED,
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AND THEN I HAD AN OVERWHELMING
URGE IN MY HEART
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TO, YOU KNOW, DO MY PART.
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Narrator:
LIKE SO MANY BEFORE HIM,
TREVOR DECIDED TO ENLIST.
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Trevor: I PRETTY MUCH FIGURED
THAT I WAS GOING TO DIE,
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AND I'D ALREADY ACCEPTED THAT.
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AND WHEN I JOINED THE SERVICE,
I WAS THERE TO DO TWO THINGS:
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A] TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT
MY BROTHER
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AND RESCUE HIM
IF HE EVER GOT SHOT DOWN,
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AS WEIRD AS THAT SOUNDS,
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AND SACRIFICE MY LIFE
FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
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Narrator: FROM THE START,
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TREVOR DIDN'T JUST WANT
TO JOIN THE MILITARY,
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HE WANTED THE ULTIMATE TEST.
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IT BEGAN HERE IN 2003,
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AT THE NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE
IN CORONADO, CALIFORNIA.
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THE BASIC UNDERWATER DEMOLITION
SEALS TRAINING--
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BUDS FOR SHORT--
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MIGHT BE THE TOUGHEST TRAINING
ON EARTH.
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THE FEW WHO PULL THROUGH
BECOME U.S. NAVY SEALS,
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ONE OF THE MOST ELITE
MILITARY FORCES ON THE PLANET.
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THE GRUELING 6-MONTH BUDS COURSE
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TESTS MEN TO THEIR
ABSOLUTE LIMITS.
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Trevor: GOING INTO BUDS, WHICH
IS BASICALLY GLADIATOR SCHOOL,
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I KNEW THAT THEY WEREN'T THERE
TO KILL ME,
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THEY WERE THERE TO BREAK ME DOWN
AND TO TRAIN ME,
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AND SO IT DIDN'T MATTER.
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SO FOR ME GOING INTO BUDS
WAS LIKE BRING IT,
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YOU CAN'T HURT ME.
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Narrator: MORE THAN 70% OF THOSE
WHO SIGN UP FOR BUDS WASH OUT.
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BUT THOSE WHO SURVIVE GET
THE MISSIONS THAT MAKE HISTORY.
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FROM GETTING OSAMA BIN LADEN
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TO TAKING OUT PIRATES
IN SOMALIA,
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NAVY SEALS GET IT DONE.
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THOSE WHO ENDURE BECOME EXPERTS
IN COMBAT DIVING,
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FAST ROPING, MARKSMANSHIP,
AND FREE FALLING.
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Trevor: BUDS IS 5% PHYSICAL
AND 95% MENTAL.
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT UP HERE TO
MAKE IT THROUGH THE TRAINING.
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I'VE SEEN GUYS WHO LOOK
LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
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AND COMPLETELY QUIT
THE FIRST DAY,
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AND I'VE SEEN GUYS
WHO YOU LOOK AT AND GO,
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"THERE'S NO WAY THAT GUY
WOULD MAKE IT,"
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AND HE'S AT THE TOP TIER
FIRST TIME EVERY TIME.
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AND IT'S BECAUSE
THEY HAVE IT UP HERE.
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Lloyd: WHEN IT GETS TOUGH AND
YOU GET COLD AND YOU GET SANDY,
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WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW MANY PUSHUPS YOU CAN DO,
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THE COLD DOESN'T GO AWAY,
THE PAIN DOESN'T GO AWAY.
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IT'S JUST, IT'S THE MINDSET
THAT OVERTAKES EVERYTHING.
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AND IT'S THE WILLINGNESS
NOT TO QUIT.
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Joe Biden: THE FINEST WARRIORS
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
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ARE THE UNITED STATES
SPECIAL FORCES.
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Man: GET DOWN, IN THE MUD!
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Biden: THERE ARE
NO GROUP OF WARRIORS
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THAT HAVE BEEN AS EFFECTIVE
AS OUR SPECIAL OPERATORS,
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AND AMONG THOSE ARE THE SEALS.
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THESE GUYS, WELL, I MEAN,
THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
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[CHANTING]
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Officer: BOOYAH!
SEALS: BOOYAH!
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Officer: BOOYAH!
SEALS: BOOYAH!
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Biden: AND WATCHING THE SEALS
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AND HOW THEY USE THEIR DOGS
AS WELL
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IS ASTOUNDING.
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Narrator: SEAL DOGS ARE
THE LATEST EVOLUTION
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IN CANINE COMMANDOS,
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BUT MILITARY DOGS HAVE
OFFICIALLY BEEN USED
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BY U.S. FORCES
SINCE WORLD WAR TWO.
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IN 1948, PARATROOP DOGS
WERE TRAINED IN THE ARCTIC
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TO RESCUE PLANE CRASH VICTIMS.
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DECADES EARLIER, A BULL TERRIER
NAMED SERGEANT STUBBY
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BRAVED 17 WORLD WAR ONE BATTLES.
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HE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE THE
SMELL OF DEADLY POISONOUS GAS
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AND SOUND THE ALARM,
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GIVING SOLDIERS TIME
TO GRAB THEIR GAS MASKS.
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MILITARY MASCOTS LIKE STUBBY
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ROUTINELY STAYED
NEXT TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS
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UNTIL HELP ARRIVED,
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OFTEN BARKING TO HELP MEDICS
FIND THE INJURED WARRIORS.
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STUBBY RETURNED HOME
A HERO FOR HIS SERVICE,
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LEADING PARADES AND HOBNOBBING
WITH PRESIDENTS.
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IN RETIREMENT, HE BECAME
A FOOTBALL MASCOT
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AT WASHINGTON, D.C.'S
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
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IN APRIL 2004, TREVOR
HAD NEVER HEARD OF STUBBY
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OR ANY OTHER MILITARY DOG.
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AND WITH TWO WEEKS LEFT
IN TRAINING,
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HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT FATE
WAS ABOUT TO MOVE HIM
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FROM WARRIOR TO TARGET.
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ON APRIL 14, 2004,
TREVOR FOUND HIMSELF
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IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.
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HE'S ON HIS WAY
TO MEET FRIENDS BACK HOME
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WHEN HE WALKS
INTO A STREET FIGHT
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OUTSIDE A LOCAL BAR.
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AS HE TRIES TO BREAK IT UP,
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HE'S HIT IN THE HEAD
AND KNOCKED OUT.
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Trevor: THERE WAS SOME MARINES
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THAT WERE HAVING AN ALTERCATION
WITH A CIVILIAN.
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I WALKED UP AND WAS HIT
WITH A BLUNT OBJECT.
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Narrator:
HE'S RUSHED TO MISSION HOSPITAL.
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Trevor: THEY TOLD ME I HAD
A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY,
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DUE TO BLUNT TRAUMA.
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AND I HAD BASICALLY
A DOUBLE BRAIN CONTUSION
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AND A BASAL SKULL FRACTURE,
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AND I HAD BRAIN FLUIDS AND BLOOD
COMING OUT OF MY LEFT EAR.
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WELL, THE MOMENT I CAME TO,
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THE FIRST WORDS
OUT OF MY MOUTH WERE,
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"OH, MY GOD, WHAT TIME IS IT?
I HAVE TO GET BACK TO TRAINING."
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Narrator: TREVOR'S DOCTORS
HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR HIM.
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Trevor: THEY TOLD ME, WELL,
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE
FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.
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DON'T PLAN ON BEING
IN THE MILITARY.
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THAT'S OVER.
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AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NEVER GOING
TO BE A NAVY SEAL.
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I FEEL BAD FOR ANYONE IN MY WAY
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IF I'VE GOT TARGET LOCK
ON A GOAL
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BECAUSE I'M GETTING IT,
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
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AND THAT SAME DRIVE APPLIED
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GOING THROUGH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
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IT WAS AGAIN, JUST LIKE QUITTING
IN BUDS ISN'T AN OPTION.
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THIS INJURY IS NOT AN OPTION.
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STRAIGHT UP.
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FLAT OUT.
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Narrator: IN OCTOBER 2004, AFTER
MONTHS OF GRUELING THERAPY,
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
AND MEDICAL EVIDENCE,
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TREVOR GRADUATED, AND RECEIVED
HIS NAVY SEAL TRIDENT PIN.
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Trevor: THE DAY I RECEIVED
MY TRIDENT
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WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS
OF MY LIFE
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AND ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL.
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Nick: I MEAN, AFTER ALL
THAT HE'D BEEN THROUGH
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AND TO BE THERE AT HIS,
WHAT AN HONOR
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TO WATCH NAVY SEALS
RECEIVE THEIR TRIDENT.
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Barbara: YEAH, WE WERE
SO PROUD OF HIM.
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IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.
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Nick: YEP.
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Narrator: IN APRIL 2005,
TREVOR DEPLOYED
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ON HIS FIRST MISSION TO IRAQ.
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EIGHT MONTHS LATER,
THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED:
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TREVOR'S HUMVEE WAS BLOWN UP
BY A ROADSIDE BOMB.
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Trevor: THE EXPLOSION COMES IN
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AND IT SUCKS ALL THE OXYGEN
OUT OF THE VEHICLE,
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AND OBVIOUSLY
THE SHOCK WAVE ITSELF
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ROCKS EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING.
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BECAUSE OF MY HEAD INJURY, WELL,
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I HAD FELT A LOT
OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS I HAD HAD
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WHEN I FIRST GOT INJURED.
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Narrator:
TRAGICALLY, TREVOR SUFFERED
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A SECOND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
FROM THE EXPLOSION.
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WITH THE TRAUMA OF TWO TBIs,
AND STILL WANTING TO SERVE,
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HE FOUND A NEW DIRECTION
IN THE NAVY SEAL DOG PROGRAM.
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AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WARS
IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
250
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THE U.S. DEPLOYED MORE THAN 600
MILITARY WORKING DOGS
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IN COMBAT ZONES.
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OF THESE CANINE COMMANDOS,
FEWER THAN 20 WERE SEAL DOGS.
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NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DOGS
ARE SPECIFICALLY SELECTED
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FROM TWO HERDING BREEDS--
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GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS...
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AND BELGIAN MALINOIS.
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Hilliard: I THINK
MOST EXPERTS WOULD AGREE
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THAT THE HALLMARKS OF A REALLY
GOOD GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
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ARE STEADY NERVES
AND STABLE CHARACTER.
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AND WHAT IS SOMETIMES LACKING
IN THE GERMAN SHEPHERD
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IS INTENSITY OF DRIVE.
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THE MALINOIS, THE STRENGTH
IS INTENSITY OF DRIVE,
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AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET IS NERVE STABILITY.
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AND WHAT I MEAN
BY NERVE STABILITY
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IS A DOG WHO CAN GET
ON A HELICOPTER
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND BE FLOWN SOMEPLACE
267
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AND GET OUT IN A REALLY,
REALLY STRESSFUL SITUATION
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AND STILL DO HIS JOB.
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Narrator: BELGIAN MALINOIS
ARE MORE COMPACT,
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LESS PRONE TO HEATSTROKE,
AND EASIER TO CARRY.
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Lloyd: GERMAN SHEPHERDS
ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
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JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE SO MUCH BIGGER.
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A LOT OF THE TIMES WE HAVE TO GO
UP AND OVER A BUILDING,
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CARRY THEM UP LADDERS,
RAPPEL OUT OF HELICOPTERS,
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FAST ROPE, TAKE THEM UP
HIGH-ANGLED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN.
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Narrator: BUT TREVOR
SENSED SOMETHING SPECIAL
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IN HIS GERMAN SHEPHERD PARTNER.
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CHOPPER WAS WORTH THE EXTRA
WEIGHT TREVOR HAD TO CARRY.
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MOST SPECIAL OPS CANINES
ARE PURCHASED ABROAD.
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CHOPPER WAS BORN IN JULY 2005
IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
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HIS PRICE TAG: $13,000.
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Hilliard:
THE REASON THAT THE MAJORITY
OF THE DOGS COME FROM OVERSEAS
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IS THAT THEY'RE COMING
FROM LARGER POPULATIONS
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OF WORKING DOGS
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THAT ARE DEDICATED
TO THIS KIND OF SERVICE.
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Narrator: CHOPPER SPENT
HIS FIRST TWO YEARS
287
00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:49,776
IN EUROPEAN SPORT TRAINING...
288
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HONING HIS PREY
AND FIGHT DRIVES.
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00:15:52,779 --> 00:15:56,990
Trevor: SO HE'S BEEN TRAINED
SINCE HE WAS BORN TO FIGHT,
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00:15:57,025 --> 00:15:58,785
YOU KNOW, SIX-FOOT MEN.
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00:15:58,819 --> 00:16:00,442
YEAH, IN THE BITE SUIT,
OF COURSE,
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BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE SPORT
THEY ARE TRAINED TO ENGAGE THEM
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AND FIGHT A GROWN MAN AND WIN.
294
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THEY LEARN HOW TO CONTROL
A HUMAN BEING.
295
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Narrator: TREVOR WORKED
WITH CHOPPER FOR A YEAR
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BEFORE THEY EVER DEPLOYED,
297
00:16:14,663 --> 00:16:17,252
EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT
TRAINING METHODS,
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00:16:17,286 --> 00:16:20,082
UNTIL THEY FOUND
THE RIGHT MATCH.
299
00:16:20,117 --> 00:16:21,773
Trevor: POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.
300
00:16:21,808 --> 00:16:23,292
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT
IS CALLED CLICKER TRAINING
301
00:16:23,327 --> 00:16:26,882
USING, YOU KNOW, TREATS
AND REWARDS AND TENNIS BALLS.
302
00:16:26,916 --> 00:16:29,747
THAT'S ACTUALLY
WHERE WE SKYROCKETED.
303
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IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
304
00:16:32,819 --> 00:16:35,856
WE TRAIN DOGS
OFF OF TWO MAJOR DRIVES:
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THE PLAY DRIVE
AND THEIR PREY DRIVE.
306
00:16:38,342 --> 00:16:42,173
AND THE PREY DRIVE
FAR EXCEEDS THE PLAY DRIVE.
307
00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:44,037
AND SO, GETTING THE BITE
308
00:16:44,072 --> 00:16:46,384
IS THE BEST REWARD
HE COULD EVER GET.
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00:16:46,419 --> 00:16:48,145
TO HIM, IT'S JUST A BIG GAME.
310
00:16:48,179 --> 00:16:51,389
UNTIL HE FEELS ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY THREATENED,
311
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TO HIM IT'S JUST,
"OH, I GET TO BITE SOMEBODY.
312
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I GET TO BITE SOMEBODY."
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00:16:54,461 --> 00:16:56,705
AND THAT'S HIS WHOLE WORLD.
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00:17:00,743 --> 00:17:04,713
Narrator: IN DECEMBER 2008,
CHOPPER'S WHOLE WORLD CHANGED
315
00:17:04,747 --> 00:17:06,196
WHEN HE AND TREVOR WERE CLEARED
316
00:17:06,232 --> 00:17:10,684
FOR THEIR FIRST MISSION OVERSEAS
ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF IRAQ.
317
00:17:12,513 --> 00:17:13,825
IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TEST
318
00:17:13,859 --> 00:17:17,277
OF CHOPPER'S ABILITY TO PERFORM
IN REAL-LIFE COMBAT,
319
00:17:17,311 --> 00:17:21,005
AND EVEN TREVOR WASN'T SURE
HOW IT WOULD GO.
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THEIR FIRST MISSION
WAS HUMANITARIAN,
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00:17:25,388 --> 00:17:29,255
TO WIN THE HEARTS AND MINDS
OF LOCALS.
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Trevor: YOU KNOW,
HAND THEM BLANKETS,
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00:17:30,428 --> 00:17:32,085
GIVE THEM FOOD, HELP THEM OUT,
324
00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:36,055
MAYBE EVEN MONEY
TO REBUILD STUFF.
325
00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:40,059
Narrator: TREVOR AND CHOPPER
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY.
326
00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:45,305
ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MISSION
TREVOR NOTICED A SUSPICIOUS MAN.
327
00:17:45,340 --> 00:17:47,238
Trevor: THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY
HAD AN OBJECT IN THEIR HAND,
328
00:17:47,273 --> 00:17:49,240
WHICH AT THE TIME
APPEARED TO BE A GUN.
329
00:17:49,275 --> 00:17:51,139
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS
MY VERY FIRST MISSION,
330
00:17:51,173 --> 00:17:52,933
AND I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOD,
WHAT DO I DO,
331
00:17:52,968 --> 00:17:56,075
AND ACTUALLY I HAD A RACE
OF NERVOUSNESS GO THROUGH ME
332
00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:57,938
AND ANXIETY OF LIKE, OKAY,
333
00:17:57,973 --> 00:18:00,389
NOW IT'S TIME TO PROVIDE
SOME ACTION.
334
00:18:00,424 --> 00:18:04,117
Narrator:
TREVOR SENT CHOPPER OUT
TO ATTACK THE POTENTIAL ENEMIES,
335
00:18:04,152 --> 00:18:07,500
BUT REALIZED MIDSTREAM
THAT CHOPPER'S TARGET
336
00:18:07,534 --> 00:18:11,607
WAS A HARMLESS SHEEP HERDER.
337
00:18:11,642 --> 00:18:13,920
Trevor: WHAT WAS IN HIS HAND WAS
ACTUALLY ONE OF THEIR STAFFS
338
00:18:13,954 --> 00:18:15,542
THAT THEY USE FOR SHEEP HERDING.
339
00:18:15,577 --> 00:18:17,510
SO I HAD TO RECALL CHOPPER.
340
00:18:17,544 --> 00:18:19,028
AND I WAS...
341
00:18:19,063 --> 00:18:20,892
HAD TO USE MY RECALL
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
342
00:18:20,927 --> 00:18:23,136
WHICH WAS YOU KNOW,
"CHOPPER, HIER."
343
00:18:23,171 --> 00:18:26,760
Narrator: TREVOR'S COMMAND
STOPPED CHOPPER IN HIS TRACKS.
344
00:18:26,795 --> 00:18:29,004
Trevor: AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY
THE VERY FIRST WARM AND FUZZY
345
00:18:29,038 --> 00:18:31,938
THAT I HAD THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT,
MY DOG IS WORKING FOR ME,
346
00:18:31,972 --> 00:18:33,042
WE'RE A GOOD TEAM.
347
00:18:33,077 --> 00:18:35,493
Narrator: CHOPPER PASSED
HIS FIRST TEST,
348
00:18:35,528 --> 00:18:39,187
BUT THE PATH FORWARD WOULD BE
LITTERED WITH HIDDEN ENEMIES.
349
00:18:41,258 --> 00:18:42,673
BY 2008,
350
00:18:42,707 --> 00:18:46,642
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES,
OR IEDs,
351
00:18:46,677 --> 00:18:51,095
WERE THE SIGNATURE WEAPON
OF IRAQI INSURGENTS,
352
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,926
AND THE NUMBER 1 KILLER
OF COALITION FORCES.
353
00:18:54,961 --> 00:18:57,239
THEY WERE CHEAP, EASY TO USE,
354
00:18:57,274 --> 00:19:00,000
AND VERY EFFECTIVE
AT SOFT TARGETS,
355
00:19:00,035 --> 00:19:03,521
LIKE HUMVEES, TRUCKS
AND FOOT PATROLS.
356
00:19:03,556 --> 00:19:04,626
Man: WHOA!
357
00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:06,145
Narrator:
THE HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES
358
00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:08,457
WERE EASILY HIDDEN
UNDER ROADSIDE DEBRIS,
359
00:19:08,492 --> 00:19:11,874
OFTEN IN ANIMAL CARCASSES
OR BOXES,
360
00:19:11,909 --> 00:19:14,981
AND COULD BE DETONATED REMOTELY
BY CELL PHONES
361
00:19:15,015 --> 00:19:19,330
OR EVEN A CHILD'S
REMOTE-CONTROLLED TOY.
362
00:19:19,365 --> 00:19:24,093
IF CHOPPER COULDN'T DELIVER AND
CONSISTENTLY DETECT DEADLY IEDs,
363
00:19:24,128 --> 00:19:26,717
SOLDIERS WOULD DIE.
364
00:19:26,751 --> 00:19:30,686
DOGS' NOSES ARE UP TO 100,000
TIMES MORE SENSITIVE TO SMELL
365
00:19:30,721 --> 00:19:32,861
THAN HUMANS'.
366
00:19:32,895 --> 00:19:37,037
THIS DOG IS ALERTING HIS HANDLER
TO IMMINENT DANGER.
367
00:19:38,487 --> 00:19:41,214
Biden: THEY'RE BETTER
AT DETECTING BURIED EXPLOSIVES,
368
00:19:41,249 --> 00:19:45,322
THESE IEDs AND BURIED BOMBS,
THAN ANY MACHINERY WE HAVE.
369
00:19:45,356 --> 00:19:46,944
[EXPLOSION]
370
00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:49,015
Hilliard:
THERE IS NO PRESENT TECHNOLOGY
371
00:19:49,049 --> 00:19:51,500
THAT IS MORE COST-EFFICIENT,
MORE ADAPTABLE,
372
00:19:51,535 --> 00:19:55,090
MORE VERSATILE, MORE FUNCTIONAL,
THAN AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS,
373
00:19:55,124 --> 00:19:57,541
WITH THE RIGHT QUALITIES
OF CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY
374
00:19:57,575 --> 00:20:00,095
AND WORKING APTITUDE
THAT IS PROPERLY TRAINED,
375
00:20:00,129 --> 00:20:04,375
SO THIS IS A LITTLE LIFESAVER
SITTING RIGHT HERE.
376
00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:07,136
Narrator: CHOPPER TURNED OUT
TO BE A LIFESAVER, TOO,
377
00:20:07,171 --> 00:20:09,518
PROVING HIS VALUE
AGAIN AND AGAIN
378
00:20:09,553 --> 00:20:14,040
BY ALERTING TREVOR
TO SCORES OF IEDs IN IRAQ.
379
00:20:14,074 --> 00:20:18,389
Biden: THESE DOGS HAVE SAVED
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF LIVES.
380
00:20:18,424 --> 00:20:20,909
THEY'RE AMAZING ANIMALS,
381
00:20:20,943 --> 00:20:24,740
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
HOME TODAY, HEALTHY,
382
00:20:24,775 --> 00:20:27,260
BECAUSE OF A DOG.
383
00:20:27,295 --> 00:20:28,710
Narrator:
BUT IT TAKES MONTHS OF WORK
384
00:20:28,744 --> 00:20:31,126
TO TRANSFORM A DOG
INTO A LIFESAVER,
385
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,473
AND FOR SPECIAL OPERATORS
LIKE CHOPPER,
386
00:20:33,508 --> 00:20:37,512
HAVING THE RIGHT GEAR
IS ESSENTIAL.
387
00:20:37,546 --> 00:20:38,961
Trevor:
THE WHOLE IDEA WITH CANINES
388
00:20:38,996 --> 00:20:41,999
IS YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM AS
LIGHTWEIGHT AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE
389
00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:46,314
BECAUSE YOU'RE COUNTING
ON HIS SPEED AND HIS ACCURACY.
390
00:20:46,348 --> 00:20:49,696
Narrator: GERMAN SHEPHERDS CAN
RUN TWICE AS FAST AS HUMANS.
391
00:20:49,731 --> 00:20:51,180
Trevor: IT'S LOAD-BEARING,
392
00:20:51,215 --> 00:20:53,666
SO ANYTIME I WOULD FAST ROPE,
RAPPEL, DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
393
00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:55,081
THIS IS WHAT I CAN
CLIP HIM INTO,
394
00:20:55,115 --> 00:20:58,567
AND I KNOW THAT IT WILL HOLD
HIS BODY WEIGHT CONNECTED TO ME.
395
00:20:58,602 --> 00:21:00,189
CHOPPY.
396
00:21:02,330 --> 00:21:04,642
GOOD BOY.
397
00:21:04,677 --> 00:21:07,266
ANOTHER ONE IN THERE, GOOD BOY.
398
00:21:09,889 --> 00:21:12,063
SO HE KNOWS THE DEAL.
HE POPS RIGHT ON.
399
00:21:12,098 --> 00:21:15,101
NOW THE KIND OF COOL THING
ABOUT PUTTING HIS VEST ON ALSO
400
00:21:15,135 --> 00:21:18,311
IS THIS IS SORT OF THE BEGINNING
OF HIS SWITCH,
401
00:21:18,346 --> 00:21:20,106
THEN HE KNOWS HE'S WORKING,
402
00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:23,420
SO THESE ARE "DOGGLES,"
AND THEY'RE PHENOMENAL.
403
00:21:23,454 --> 00:21:26,215
Narrator: HELICOPTERS OFTEN MEAN
BLOWING DEBRIS,
404
00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:31,082
SO EYE PROTECTION IS MANDATORY
FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM.
405
00:21:31,117 --> 00:21:32,567
Trevor: IT'S NOT SOMETHING
YOU CAN WEAR ALL THE TIME,
406
00:21:32,601 --> 00:21:34,327
AND THE DOGS DEFINITELY
DON'T LIKE WEARING 'EM,
407
00:21:34,362 --> 00:21:36,433
BUT AS FAR AS THE PROTECTION,
408
00:21:36,467 --> 00:21:39,194
THIS WOULD KEEP HIM FROM GETTING
INJURED WHEN A HELICOPTER LANDS
409
00:21:39,228 --> 00:21:41,127
OR IF THERE'S ANY KIND
OF DUST STORM OR SAND STORM,
410
00:21:41,161 --> 00:21:45,856
THIS PROTECTS HIM.
411
00:21:45,890 --> 00:21:47,892
Narrator:
LIKE MOST SEAL DOG HANDLERS,
412
00:21:47,927 --> 00:21:52,690
TREVOR GIVES HIS VERBAL COMMANDS
IN DUTCH, NOT ENGLISH.
413
00:21:52,725 --> 00:21:56,763
BUT SOMETIMES
HE HAS TO "GO DARK"
414
00:21:56,798 --> 00:22:00,319
AND RELY ONLY
ON HAND AND BODY GESTURES.
415
00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:15,610
CHOPPER GETS IT ALL.
416
00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:27,518
[BARKING]
417
00:22:27,553 --> 00:22:30,935
SEAL DOG TACTICAL GEAR IS
SHROUDED IN SECRECY...
418
00:22:30,970 --> 00:22:34,525
BUT WE KNOW STATE-OF-THE-ART
CANINE GEAR EXISTS
419
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,529
AND IS READILY AVAILABLE FROM
COMMERICAL SUPPLIERS...
420
00:22:38,564 --> 00:22:42,499
INCLUDING CUSTOM-FIT,
BULLET-PROOF BODY ARMOR,
421
00:22:42,533 --> 00:22:45,156
A SOPHISTICATED
HIGH-DEFINITION CAMERA
422
00:22:45,191 --> 00:22:48,436
THAT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES
TO NIGHT VISION IN LOW LIGHT,
423
00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:52,716
ALLOWING HANDLERS TO SEE
WHAT THEIR DOGS ARE SEEING.
424
00:22:52,750 --> 00:22:56,375
A SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE,
SO HANDLERS CAN RELAY COMMANDS
425
00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:59,343
FROM MORE THAN FOUR
FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY,
426
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:03,554
WITH A SIGNAL STRONG ENOUGH
TO PENETRATE THROUGH CONCRETE.
427
00:23:03,589 --> 00:23:05,970
AND SPECIALLY DESIGNED DOGGLES,
428
00:23:06,005 --> 00:23:09,905
WITH NIGHT VISION
AND INFRARED CAPABILITIES.
429
00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:14,116
THE ENTIRE CUSTOM CANINE GEAR
COMES AT A BIG PRICE--
430
00:23:14,151 --> 00:23:17,810
MORE THAN $20,000.
431
00:23:17,844 --> 00:23:20,606
IN WAR, WHAT SETS
SEAL DOGS APART
432
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,471
IS THEIR ABILITY TO TACKLE
MULTIPLE JOBS.
433
00:23:23,505 --> 00:23:26,646
[GUNFIRE]
434
00:23:26,681 --> 00:23:28,510
MOST MILITARY WORKING DOGS
435
00:23:28,545 --> 00:23:32,238
ARE TRAINED
IN ONE OR TWO SPECIALTIES.
436
00:23:32,272 --> 00:23:34,896
SEAL DOGS, KNOWN
AS MULTI-PURPOSE CANINES,
437
00:23:34,930 --> 00:23:37,001
ARE TRAINED IN FIVE--
438
00:23:37,036 --> 00:23:38,693
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION,
439
00:23:38,727 --> 00:23:40,384
TRACKING,
440
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,835
LASER TARGET ACQUISITION,
441
00:23:42,869 --> 00:23:44,561
SIXTH SENSE,
442
00:23:44,595 --> 00:23:48,116
AND BITE WORK.
443
00:23:48,150 --> 00:23:50,394
CHOPPER MASTERED ALL FIVE,
444
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:54,467
BUT ON ONE EXERCISE,
SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG.
445
00:23:54,502 --> 00:23:56,780
Trevor: I GOT TO EXPERIENCE
ONLY ONCE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
446
00:23:56,814 --> 00:23:58,471
WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO BITE ME
FOR REAL,
447
00:23:58,506 --> 00:24:00,611
AND IT WAS VERY, VERY SCARY.
448
00:24:00,646 --> 00:24:03,580
Narrator: ON COMMAND,
CHOPPER ATTACKED,
449
00:24:03,614 --> 00:24:06,514
BUT WHEN TREVOR TRIED
TO PULL HIM OFF THE TARGET,
450
00:24:06,548 --> 00:24:11,484
IN A FLASH,
CHOPPER LUNGED FOR TREVOR.
451
00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:14,107
Trevor: I SAW HIM, IT WAS
KIND OF LIKE HE LOOKED UP AT ME,
452
00:24:14,142 --> 00:24:16,385
LOOKED AT MY HAND
WHILE HE WAS ON THE BITE,
453
00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:23,945
AND AS SOON AS HE DISENGAGED
THE BITE SUIT, HE ENGAGED ME
454
00:24:23,979 --> 00:24:26,016
AND WENT RIGHT AFTER
MY LEFT HAND,
455
00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:29,398
AND HE NAILED ME.
456
00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:33,368
Narrator:
CHOPPER CAN BITE WITH A FORCE
OF 900 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH--
457
00:24:33,402 --> 00:24:36,509
ENOUGH TO CRUSH BONE.
458
00:24:36,544 --> 00:24:38,960
TREVOR HAD JUST SECONDS
TO CORRECT HIM
459
00:24:38,994 --> 00:24:41,203
AND AVOID PERMANENT INJURY.
460
00:24:41,238 --> 00:24:42,411
Trevor: I THREW HIM IN THE CAR
AND LOCKED HIM UP
461
00:24:42,446 --> 00:24:43,792
AND I WAS ACTUALLY
EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT,
462
00:24:43,827 --> 00:24:46,692
I WAS PISSED THAT HE
HAD TRIED TO BITE ME,
463
00:24:46,726 --> 00:24:50,454
BUT AFTER THAT
I ESTABLISHED DOMINANCE.
464
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,975
Narrator: IT WAS THE ONLY TIME
CHOPPER MADE THAT MISTAKE.
465
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,428
LIKE TREVOR AND CHOPPER, LLOYD
AND HIS SEAL DOG SEEM
466
00:24:59,463 --> 00:25:00,602
PERFECTLY MATCHED.
467
00:25:00,637 --> 00:25:04,641
LLOYD WAS A NAVY SEAL
FOR CLOSE TO TWO DECADES.
468
00:25:04,675 --> 00:25:07,678
HE'S BEEN ON DOZENS
OF CLASSIFIED MISSIONS.
469
00:25:07,713 --> 00:25:12,062
BOTH HIS IDENTITY, AS WELL AS
HIS DOG'S, ARE PROTECTED.
470
00:25:12,096 --> 00:25:13,788
LLOYD'S BELGIAN MALINOIS
471
00:25:13,822 --> 00:25:18,240
WAS THE FIRST WEST COAST
SEAL DOG TO SERVE OVERSEAS.
472
00:25:18,275 --> 00:25:21,589
THE BOND THEY'VE
FORGED IS PALPABLE.
473
00:25:21,623 --> 00:25:25,593
Lloyd: IT IS AN AMAZING BOND
THAT WE HAVE.
474
00:25:25,627 --> 00:25:28,319
IT'LL PROBABLY NEVER EVER BE
DUPLICATED IN MY LIFE.
475
00:25:28,354 --> 00:25:33,324
WE'VE-- THE MISSIONS THAT WE'VE
HAD IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND
476
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,431
SLEEPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
CUDDLING TOGETHER TRYING TO
477
00:25:36,465 --> 00:25:38,709
KEEP WARM AND FINDING FOOD.
478
00:25:38,744 --> 00:25:41,643
HE'S NOT A DOG TO ME,
HE'S FAMILY.
479
00:25:41,678 --> 00:25:44,232
HE SAVED MY LIFE, HE SAVED
THE LIFE OF MY TEAM GUYS.
480
00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:49,996
HE'S BEEN THERE AND HE'S ALWAYS
PERFORMED HARDER AND BETTER THAN
481
00:25:50,031 --> 00:25:51,791
ANYBODY I'VE EVER
KNOWN IN MY LIFE.
482
00:25:51,826 --> 00:25:54,311
Narrator: SEAL DOGS BRING
TALENTS TO THE FIGHT THAT
483
00:25:54,345 --> 00:25:55,899
SOLIDERS CAN'T...
484
00:25:55,933 --> 00:25:58,418
AND OFFER A LESS LETHAL FORCE.
485
00:25:58,453 --> 00:26:00,731
THEY'RE TRAINED
TO ATTACK AND HOLD,
486
00:26:00,766 --> 00:26:02,733
NOT KILL THE ENEMY.
487
00:26:02,768 --> 00:26:04,735
Lloyd: SO WE CAN ACTUALLY
CATCH A GUY, INTERROGATE HIM,
488
00:26:04,770 --> 00:26:05,598
ASK HIM QUESTIONS,
489
00:26:05,633 --> 00:26:07,635
WHERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DOGS
490
00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:10,396
IT MAY BE A SHOT
THAT WE'D HAVE TO TAKE,
491
00:26:10,430 --> 00:26:12,674
AND THEN OUR INTEL
ACTUALLY ENDS THERE.
492
00:26:12,709 --> 00:26:17,265
Narrator: SPEED AND AGILITY HELP
SEAL DOGS DEFEAT THE ENEMY
493
00:26:17,299 --> 00:26:19,439
BUT IT'S THEIR SENSE OF
SMELL THAT HELPS THEM
494
00:26:19,474 --> 00:26:20,648
PREVENT AMBUSHES.
495
00:26:20,682 --> 00:26:22,304
[EXPLOSION]
496
00:26:22,339 --> 00:26:25,998
CHOPPER'S LIFE IS ON THE LINE
EVERY SINGLE DAY HE'S WORKING,
497
00:26:26,032 --> 00:26:30,968
AND TREVOR IS PAINFULLY AWARE
OF THE RISKS.
498
00:26:31,003 --> 00:26:34,523
42 U.S. MILITARY DOGS
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION
499
00:26:34,558 --> 00:26:37,112
IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE 2001.
500
00:26:37,147 --> 00:26:41,082
Trevor: OUR JOB
IS ABOUT SACRIFICE,
501
00:26:41,116 --> 00:26:47,019
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY I HAVE
TO LOOK AT CHOPPER AND MYSELF
502
00:26:47,053 --> 00:26:49,711
IS WE'RE TOOLS.
503
00:26:49,746 --> 00:26:54,440
SO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY,
AS MUCH AS I LOVED HIM,
504
00:26:54,474 --> 00:26:57,477
HE COULD EASILY HAVE STEPPED
ON A PRESSURE PLATE...
505
00:26:57,512 --> 00:26:58,789
[EXPLOSION]
506
00:26:58,824 --> 00:27:02,759
AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE IT
BEEN HIM THAN, YOU KNOW,
507
00:27:02,793 --> 00:27:05,037
4 TO 60 OF MY GUYS.
508
00:27:05,071 --> 00:27:06,866
AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS THERE.
THAT'S HIS JOB.
509
00:27:06,901 --> 00:27:10,007
[GUNFIRE]
510
00:27:10,042 --> 00:27:11,802
OF COURSE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED
511
00:27:11,837 --> 00:27:14,356
IF HE HAD GOTTEN BLOWN UP
OR SHOT OR KILLED,
512
00:27:14,391 --> 00:27:16,324
BUT AS FAR AS
AN HONORABLE WAY TO DIE,
513
00:27:16,358 --> 00:27:19,154
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DEATH.
514
00:27:19,189 --> 00:27:20,880
CHOPPER'S ACTUALLY SAVED US,
I WOULD SAY,
515
00:27:20,915 --> 00:27:23,020
AT LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES
516
00:27:23,055 --> 00:27:25,264
FROM IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES
FROM THE ENEMY.
517
00:27:25,298 --> 00:27:27,300
[EXPLOSION]
518
00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:35,205
Narrator: TREVOR HAS SAVED
CHOPPER FROM ENEMIES AS WELL.
519
00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:37,897
IRAQ IS OVERRUN WITH STRAY DOGS,
520
00:27:37,932 --> 00:27:42,384
AND MOST ARE INFECTED
WITH THE FATAL RABIES VIRUS.
521
00:27:42,419 --> 00:27:44,904
TRANSMISSION IS
A VERY REAL THREAT,
522
00:27:44,939 --> 00:27:49,081
ESPECIALLY FOR MILITARY
WORKING DOGS LIKE CHOPPER.
523
00:27:49,115 --> 00:27:50,738
TOWARD THE END
OF THEIR DEPLOYMENT,
524
00:27:50,772 --> 00:27:53,672
ONE OF CHOPPER'S PATROLS
TURNED DEADLY
525
00:27:53,706 --> 00:27:57,227
WHEN HE WAS AMBUSHED
BY A PACK OF WILD DOGS.
526
00:27:57,261 --> 00:27:58,262
Trevor: I TURNED AROUND,
527
00:27:58,297 --> 00:27:59,608
AND THESE DOGS
WERE ATTACKING CHOPPER.
528
00:27:59,643 --> 00:28:02,232
WELL, HE'S TRAINED NOT TO ENGAGE
OTHER ANIMALS.
529
00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:03,682
SO HE WAS LOOKING AT ME.
530
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:06,650
SO I HAD TO TURN AROUND AND
UNFORTUNATELY SHOOT ONE OF THEM,
531
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,790
AND IT SCARED
THE REST OF THE PACK AWAY.
532
00:28:08,825 --> 00:28:10,171
AND, YOU KNOW...
533
00:28:10,205 --> 00:28:12,483
SO HIM AND I HAVE BOTH
EXPERIENCED WHAT IT'S LIKE
534
00:28:12,518 --> 00:28:16,453
TO SAVE EACH OTHER'S LIFE.
535
00:28:16,487 --> 00:28:19,249
Narrator: CHOPPER'S EXCEPTIONAL
VALUE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
536
00:28:19,283 --> 00:28:22,079
WASN'T LIMITED TO FINDING IEDs--
537
00:28:22,114 --> 00:28:26,359
HE ALSO HAD AN UNCANNY SENSE
OF OTHER DANGERS.
538
00:28:26,394 --> 00:28:30,018
Trevor: DOGS HAVE
A SIXTH SENSE ABOUT THEM.
539
00:28:30,053 --> 00:28:35,092
THEY CAN SENSE EITHER FEAR
OR AGGRESSION OR, YOU KNOW,
540
00:28:35,127 --> 00:28:38,751
WHEN SOMETHING'S ROTTEN
IN DENMARK, DOGS KNOW.
541
00:28:38,786 --> 00:28:41,754
Narrator: CHOPPER'S SIXTH SENSE
WOULD PROVE CRITICAL
542
00:28:41,789 --> 00:28:45,516
THE DAY HE SAVED TREVOR'S LIFE
IN AFGHANISTAN.
543
00:28:46,794 --> 00:28:48,588
THREE YEARS INTO THE FIGHT,
544
00:28:48,623 --> 00:28:51,764
CHOPPER HAD SNIFFED OUT
HUNDREDS OF IEDs,
545
00:28:51,799 --> 00:28:54,353
BUT HE ALSO HAD THE POWER
TO COMFORT SOLDIERS
546
00:28:54,387 --> 00:28:58,046
WHO WERE UNDER
RELENTLESS PRESSURE.
547
00:28:58,081 --> 00:29:00,255
Lloyd: WHEN YOU'RE DEPLOYED,
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A DOG.
548
00:29:00,290 --> 00:29:03,776
IT'S KIND OF AN AMERICAN THING,
AND GUYS JUST FEEL AT HOME.
549
00:29:03,811 --> 00:29:05,882
Trevor: WHEN GUYS ARE OVERSEAS,
THEY'RE BUMMED,
550
00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:09,575
THEY'RE MISSING THEIR FAMILIES,
THEY'RE HOMESICK.
551
00:29:09,609 --> 00:29:11,059
EVEN THE HARDEST GUY
ON THE PLANET,
552
00:29:11,094 --> 00:29:14,304
EVERYONE HAS A ROUGH DAY,
AND HAVING A DOG COME UP,
553
00:29:14,338 --> 00:29:16,927
AND YOU COULD SEE THE REACTIONS
AND THEIR EYES LIGHT UP
554
00:29:16,962 --> 00:29:19,274
AS SOON AS CHOPPER
CAME INTO THE ROOM.
555
00:29:19,309 --> 00:29:20,517
IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
556
00:29:20,551 --> 00:29:22,070
TO KIND OF LOSE THEMSELVES
A LITTLE BIT
557
00:29:22,105 --> 00:29:24,348
AND FORGET WHERE THEY'RE AT.
558
00:29:27,075 --> 00:29:30,492
Narrator:
THE EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
TO BOTH PROVIDE QUIET COMFORT
559
00:29:30,527 --> 00:29:32,840
AND BE A LIFESAVING TEAM MEMBER
560
00:29:32,874 --> 00:29:36,429
MADE CHOPPER INVALUABLE
MONTH AFTER MONTH.
561
00:29:40,951 --> 00:29:43,989
IN THE FALL OF 2009,
TREVOR AND CHOPPER WERE WORKING
562
00:29:44,023 --> 00:29:46,957
IN ONE OF AFGHANISTAN'S
MOST DANGEROUS PLACES
563
00:29:46,992 --> 00:29:50,547
WHEN A ROUTINE MISSION
TURNED DEADLY.
564
00:29:52,135 --> 00:29:54,068
WHEN TREVOR'S TEAM
RECEIVED INTEL
565
00:29:54,102 --> 00:29:55,966
THAT TALIBAN SOLDIERS
HAD BEEN SIGHTED
566
00:29:56,001 --> 00:29:57,657
MOVING TOWARD THEIR BASE,
567
00:29:57,692 --> 00:30:00,591
HE VOLUNTEERED TO CHECK IT OUT.
568
00:30:00,626 --> 00:30:04,388
Trevor:
MYSELF AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL
ROGERED UP AND LEFT IMMEDIATELY
569
00:30:04,423 --> 00:30:08,151
AND WENT RIGHT DIRECTLY
OUTSIDE OF OUR COMPOUND.
570
00:30:15,572 --> 00:30:19,472
WE USED A TEXTBOOK METHOD
OF SEARCHING,
571
00:30:19,507 --> 00:30:22,682
WHICH IS A BOX METHOD, WHERE WE
JUST COME OUT IN A BOX
572
00:30:22,717 --> 00:30:25,168
AND HAVE OVERLAPPING
SEARCH AREAS,
573
00:30:25,202 --> 00:30:28,102
JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE COVER
THE ENTIRE AREA.
574
00:30:35,557 --> 00:30:37,249
Narrator: AS THEY CAME
AROUND A CORNER,
575
00:30:37,283 --> 00:30:41,494
THEY SPOTTED
AN ABANDONED MOTORCYCLE.
576
00:30:41,529 --> 00:30:43,186
Trevor: AND AS SOON WE SAW
THE MOTORCYCLE...
577
00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:44,325
[CLICKING]
578
00:30:44,359 --> 00:30:46,499
WE INITIALLY WENT, "OH, MY GOD."
579
00:30:46,534 --> 00:30:48,398
Narrator:
IN WAR-TORN AFGHANISTAN,
580
00:30:48,432 --> 00:30:50,538
ANYTHING COULD BE
RIGGED TO BLOW,
581
00:30:50,572 --> 00:30:54,093
SO TREVOR AND HIS TEAMMATE
FIRST LOOKED FOR LEAD WIRES,
582
00:30:54,128 --> 00:30:56,993
AND THEN HAD CHOPPER
SEARCH THE BIKE.
583
00:31:01,204 --> 00:31:05,001
[CLICKING]
584
00:31:05,035 --> 00:31:06,588
Trevor: CHOPPER.
585
00:31:08,487 --> 00:31:11,145
IT FELT WARM, LIKE IT HAD JUST
BEEN ABANDONED RECENTLY
586
00:31:11,179 --> 00:31:12,180
WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
587
00:31:12,215 --> 00:31:14,217
CHOPPER, HIER.
588
00:31:14,251 --> 00:31:17,151
Narrator: ON A HUNCH, GUESSING
THE ENEMIES WERE NEARBY,
589
00:31:17,185 --> 00:31:21,707
TREVOR DECIDED TO CAST CHOPPER
OUT TO FIND THEM.
590
00:31:21,741 --> 00:31:24,641
CHOPPER WOULD FOLLOW
HIS NOSE AND INSTINCTS
591
00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:28,127
AND ATTACK IF NECESSARY.
592
00:31:28,162 --> 00:31:29,853
Trevor: HE TOOK ONE BIG WHIFF
593
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:31,648
AND JUST BOLTED
LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT
594
00:31:31,682 --> 00:31:33,822
RIGHT INTO THE BUSHES.
595
00:31:36,101 --> 00:31:40,691
[BARKING]
596
00:31:42,555 --> 00:31:44,143
[MAN SCREAMING]
597
00:31:44,178 --> 00:31:46,974
Narrator: CHOPPER FOUND NOT ONE
BUT TWO ENEMIES
598
00:31:47,008 --> 00:31:49,148
AND ATTACKED THEM BOTH.
599
00:31:49,183 --> 00:31:51,668
Trevor: WE KIND OF CAME UP
LIKE A COUPLE OF SPIDERS
600
00:31:51,702 --> 00:31:54,740
AND STOOD BY TO WAIT.
601
00:31:54,774 --> 00:31:56,017
WE JUST SAT THERE,
602
00:31:56,052 --> 00:31:57,605
AND THEN ONE OF THE GUYS
POPPED OUT OF THE BUSHES,
603
00:31:57,639 --> 00:32:00,297
NOT REALIZING THAT WE
WERE EVEN THERE.
604
00:32:00,332 --> 00:32:02,299
AND AS SOON AS HE DID,
HE JUST WAS LIKE,
605
00:32:02,334 --> 00:32:04,336
CHOPPER HAD HIM
BY THE RIBCAGE, ACTUALLY,
606
00:32:04,370 --> 00:32:06,303
AND HE CAME UP AND THEN
JUST TOOK ONE LOOK UP AT US,
607
00:32:06,338 --> 00:32:07,339
AND IT WAS TSHOO...
608
00:32:07,373 --> 00:32:08,788
[GUNFIRE]
609
00:32:08,823 --> 00:32:09,962
WE SHOT HIM.
610
00:32:09,997 --> 00:32:12,723
HE HAD AN AK DANGLING FROM HIM
AS WELL, TOO.
611
00:32:12,758 --> 00:32:14,829
THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SEE
CHOPPER COMING
612
00:32:14,863 --> 00:32:15,968
OR HEAR HIM OR ANYTHING.
613
00:32:16,003 --> 00:32:17,556
HE JUST CAME IN
LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT,
614
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:20,939
NAILED THEM, AND COMPLETELY
CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD,
615
00:32:20,973 --> 00:32:23,872
WHICH ALLOWED US JUST TO GET
THE QUICK DROP ON THEM
616
00:32:23,907 --> 00:32:25,253
TO ENGAGE THEM.
617
00:32:25,288 --> 00:32:27,876
WE SAW BITE MARKS ON BOTH
OF THEM IN MULTIPLE PLACES,
618
00:32:27,911 --> 00:32:29,913
ALL OVER THEIR BODY, ACTUALLY.
619
00:32:32,571 --> 00:32:37,610
HAD CHOPPER NOT BEEN THERE, I
WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR SURE.
620
00:32:37,645 --> 00:32:39,405
AND THEY WERE ARMED TO THE HILT,
621
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,063
AND IT WAS AN OBVIOUS
AMBUSH SITUATION.
622
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:46,999
Narrator: THE SEAL TEAMS
LATER DISCOVERED
623
00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,345
THEIR COMPOUND WAS SITTING
624
00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:51,659
ON SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS
OF HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES
625
00:32:51,693 --> 00:32:56,284
PLANTED BY THE ENEMY
BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.
626
00:32:56,319 --> 00:32:59,322
TREVOR BELIEVES THE TWO TALIBAN
SOLDIERS HE TOOK OUT
627
00:32:59,356 --> 00:33:02,532
WERE TRYING TO DETONATE
THESE BOMBS.
628
00:33:04,741 --> 00:33:08,676
Trevor: THEY HAD,
WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE
629
00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:09,988
MOVING TO A LEAD WIRE
630
00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:12,749
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE
TO BLOW EVERYBODY UP.
631
00:33:12,783 --> 00:33:16,684
THE END GAME, AFTER
THE SITUATION HAD OCCURRED,
632
00:33:16,718 --> 00:33:20,515
CHOPPER POTENTIALLY SAVED
ABOUT 70 PEOPLE,
633
00:33:20,550 --> 00:33:26,659
60 OF THEM BEING NAVY SEALS
AND VARIOUS SPEC OPS GUYS
634
00:33:26,694 --> 00:33:28,523
WHO WERE WITH US,
635
00:33:28,558 --> 00:33:32,044
IN ADDITION
TO ABOUT A DOZEN TOWNSPEOPLE.
636
00:33:39,155 --> 00:33:42,744
Narrator: BY 2009, THERE WERE
MORE THAN A DOZEN SEAL DOGS
637
00:33:42,779 --> 00:33:44,539
DEPLOYED IN THE WARS.
638
00:33:44,574 --> 00:33:50,062
IN MAY 2011, ONE OF THEM
BECAME FAMOUS AROUND THE WORLD.
639
00:33:50,097 --> 00:33:52,306
OPERATION NEPTUNE'S SPEAR,
640
00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:55,309
THE MISSION TO FIND AND KILL
OSAMA BIN LADEN,
641
00:33:55,343 --> 00:33:57,276
IS STILL CLASSIFIED.
642
00:33:57,311 --> 00:33:59,761
BUT WE KNOW A SEAL DOG,
NAMED CAIRO,
643
00:33:59,796 --> 00:34:02,419
WAS WITH THE TEAM THAT NIGHT.
644
00:34:05,629 --> 00:34:07,769
BY MOST ACCOUNTS, CAIRO'S JOB
645
00:34:07,804 --> 00:34:10,565
WAS TO LOOK FOR ESCAPE TUNNELS
AND IEDs
646
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:15,018
ON THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER
OF THE COMPOUND.
647
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,295
PRESIDENT OBAMA,
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN,
648
00:34:17,331 --> 00:34:19,781
ADMIRAL MULLEN AND OTHERS
WATCHED THE MISSION
649
00:34:19,815 --> 00:34:21,542
VIA LIVE VIDEO FEED
650
00:34:21,576 --> 00:34:26,063
SHOT FROM A DRONE FLYING
15,000 FEET ABOVE ABBOTTABAD.
651
00:34:28,065 --> 00:34:30,482
Biden: WE'RE GOING THROUGH
THE WHOLE ROUTINE,
652
00:34:30,516 --> 00:34:33,899
WATCHING WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN THE BIN LADEN RAID.
653
00:34:33,933 --> 00:34:36,556
THE ADMIRAL'S PULSE
ACTUALLY WENT DOWN, NOT UP.
654
00:34:36,591 --> 00:34:39,077
I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE LIKE,
YOU KNOW,
655
00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:41,286
THE TOUGHER IT IS,
THE COOLER THEY ARE.
656
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:45,565
I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY
AN AMAZING, AMAZING MAN OR WOMAN
657
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,809
THAT HAS THAT CAPACITY.
658
00:34:47,844 --> 00:34:51,467
THE AVERAGE AGES OF SEAL TEAM 6
THAT GOT BIN LADEN,
659
00:34:51,503 --> 00:34:52,882
I'M GUESSING,
660
00:34:52,918 --> 00:34:56,128
THEY WERE PROBABLY
35, 36 YEARS OLD.
661
00:34:56,163 --> 00:34:58,717
THE ONE THING EVERYBODY FAILS
TO FULLY UNDERSTAND,
662
00:34:58,751 --> 00:35:00,719
THEY'RE REALLY SMART.
663
00:35:00,753 --> 00:35:04,032
THEY'RE NOT JUST PHYSICALLY
INCREDIBLY CAPABLE,
664
00:35:04,067 --> 00:35:07,174
THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY SMART.
665
00:35:07,208 --> 00:35:09,969
President Obama:
A SMALL TEAM OF AMERICANS
CARRIED OUT THE OPERATION
666
00:35:10,004 --> 00:35:14,526
WITH EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE
AND CAPABILITY.
667
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,010
AFTER A FIREFIGHT,
668
00:35:16,044 --> 00:35:20,290
THEY KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN
AND TOOK CUSTODY OF HIS BODY.
669
00:35:22,706 --> 00:35:26,054
Narrator: THEIR TALENT, SKILL,
AND PREPARATION PAID OFF.
670
00:35:26,089 --> 00:35:29,541
ALL MEMBERS OF SEAL TEAM 6,
INCLUDING CAIRO,
671
00:35:29,575 --> 00:35:31,750
MADE IT HOME SAFELY.
672
00:35:31,784 --> 00:35:36,479
BUT THESE SPECIAL OPERATORS ARE
NOW ON MULTIPLE ENEMY HIT LISTS.
673
00:35:37,997 --> 00:35:40,068
AND TERRORISTS ARE BEGINNING
TO UNDERSTAND
674
00:35:40,103 --> 00:35:43,244
THE VALUE OF DOGS LIKE CAIRO.
675
00:35:45,419 --> 00:35:50,148
IN FEBRUARY 2014,
TALIBAN FORCES RELEASED A VIDEO
676
00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:53,047
OF A BELGIAN MALINOIS
THEY CAPTURED IN A FIREFIGHT
677
00:35:53,081 --> 00:35:55,808
IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN.
678
00:35:55,843 --> 00:35:58,052
BRITISH MEDIA REPORTED
THAT THE DOG BELONGED
679
00:35:58,086 --> 00:36:00,848
TO BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES.
680
00:36:00,882 --> 00:36:03,851
THIS MAY BE THE FIRST CASE
OF A SPECIAL OPS DOG
681
00:36:03,885 --> 00:36:05,784
BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
682
00:36:05,818 --> 00:36:10,823
THE DOG'S WHEREABOUTS
ARE CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.
683
00:36:10,858 --> 00:36:13,205
THE IDENTITIES OF BOTH
ACTIVE SEAL TEAMS
684
00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:16,346
AND INCREASINGLY,
ACTIVE SEAL DOGS,
685
00:36:16,381 --> 00:36:22,145
ARE CLOSELY GUARDED
FOR OBVIOUS SECURITY REASONS.
686
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,527
Biden: THE PRESIDENT AND I
WENT DOWN TO SEE THE NAVY SEALS
687
00:36:24,561 --> 00:36:27,978
WHO HAD DONE, THE SEAL TEAM 6
THAT HAD GOTTEN BIN LADEN.
688
00:36:28,013 --> 00:36:30,981
WE WENT DOWN TO FORT CAMPBELL
TO MEET WITH THEM.
689
00:36:31,016 --> 00:36:33,777
IT WAS OFF THE RECORD BECAUSE
THEIR FACES COULDN'T BE SHOWN.
690
00:36:33,812 --> 00:36:34,813
AND THE PRESIDENT AND I,
691
00:36:34,847 --> 00:36:36,780
THEY GAVE US A FULL,
DETAILED BRIEF,
692
00:36:36,815 --> 00:36:38,989
AND WE MET THEM ALL.
693
00:36:39,024 --> 00:36:40,232
THE PRESIDENT AND I
HAD QUESTIONS.
694
00:36:40,267 --> 00:36:41,164
THEY SAID, "ANY MORE?"
695
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,752
I SAID, ONE LAST QUESTION:
696
00:36:42,786 --> 00:36:46,273
I SAID MY DOG CHAMP ASKED ME
TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
697
00:36:46,307 --> 00:36:47,515
AND THEY ALL LAUGHED.
698
00:36:47,550 --> 00:36:50,104
AND I SAID, "WAS IT A SHEPHERD
OR A BELGIAN?"
699
00:36:50,138 --> 00:36:51,485
THEY SAID, "BELGIAN."
700
00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:53,280
I SAID, I'M NOT GOING BACK
AND TELLING HIM.
701
00:36:53,314 --> 00:36:57,007
I'M NOT TELLING HIM.
702
00:36:57,042 --> 00:36:59,493
Narrator: TREVOR MAROSHEK
DEPLOYED FOUR TIMES
703
00:36:59,527 --> 00:37:01,978
DURING HIS 7-YEAR NAVY CAREER,
704
00:37:02,012 --> 00:37:04,187
WITH MISSIONS IN IRAQ,
THE PHILIPPINES,
705
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,154
AND AFGHANISTAN.
706
00:37:06,189 --> 00:37:08,467
CHOPPER WAS WITH HIM
FOR TWO OF THOSE TOURS.
707
00:37:10,987 --> 00:37:13,886
EACH HAD SAVED THE OTHER'S LIFE,
708
00:37:13,921 --> 00:37:19,685
AND IN THE PROCESS,
DEVELOPED A LIFELONG BOND.
709
00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:23,586
BUT THEIR YEARS OF COMBAT
HAD TAKEN A TOLL,
710
00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:26,140
AND TREVOR BEGAN
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS
711
00:37:26,174 --> 00:37:28,453
OF POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
712
00:37:28,487 --> 00:37:29,661
Trevor: I CAN'T SLEEP
FOR THE LIFE OF ME,
713
00:37:29,695 --> 00:37:30,834
I TRY THE BEST I CAN.
714
00:37:30,869 --> 00:37:32,836
I WAKE UP WITH COLD SWEATS
AND HAVE TREMORS
715
00:37:32,871 --> 00:37:36,875
AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, DAYDREAMS,
NIGHTMARES, ALL THAT.
716
00:37:36,909 --> 00:37:40,258
Narrator: RE-ENTERING CIVILIAN
LIFE IS TOUGH FOR ANY SOLDIER.
717
00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:41,431
FOR TREVOR,
718
00:37:41,466 --> 00:37:44,572
COPING WITH TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES AND PTSD,
719
00:37:44,607 --> 00:37:47,195
IT WAS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING.
720
00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:49,336
Trevor: YOU CAN'T DO
A DECADE OF AGGRESSION
721
00:37:49,370 --> 00:37:54,133
AND TEN YEARS AT WAR
AND BE UNSCATHED.
722
00:37:54,168 --> 00:37:56,239
GETTING SHELLED
FOR SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT
723
00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:58,345
OR GETTING SHOT AT OR
724
00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:01,831
PICKING UP SOME OF MY BEST
FRIENDS WHO GOT BLOWN UP
725
00:38:01,865 --> 00:38:05,766
AND PUTTING THEIR BODY PARTS
IN, YOU KNOW, BODY BAGS,
726
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,872
I DO SUFFER FROM
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS,
727
00:38:08,907 --> 00:38:12,117
BATTLE STRESS, ANXIETY,
NERVOUSNESS,
728
00:38:12,151 --> 00:38:16,086
AND IT'S GOING TO BE WITH ME
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
729
00:38:16,121 --> 00:38:18,951
Narrator:
IN 2011, TREVOR SOUGHT HELP
730
00:38:18,986 --> 00:38:21,609
AT THE NATIONAL INTREPID CENTER
OF EXCELLENCE,
731
00:38:21,644 --> 00:38:23,301
OR NICOE FOR SHORT,
732
00:38:23,335 --> 00:38:27,063
AT THE WALTER REED MEDICAL
CENTER IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND.
733
00:38:27,097 --> 00:38:29,755
NICOE OFFERS
SPECIALIZED TREATMENT FOR VETS
734
00:38:29,790 --> 00:38:33,345
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS,
735
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:36,659
SUCH AS PTSD.
736
00:38:36,693 --> 00:38:38,177
THEY SEE SERVICE MEMBERS
737
00:38:38,212 --> 00:38:40,352
WHO HAVE EITHER PLATEAUED
IN THEIR RECOVERY
738
00:38:40,387 --> 00:38:44,322
OR AREN'T GETTING BETTER
THROUGH CONVENTIONAL MEANS.
739
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:48,015
TREVOR'S PLAN INCLUDED THERAPY
WITH DR. ROBERT KOFFMAN,
740
00:38:48,049 --> 00:38:51,363
A PSYCHIATRIST
AND FELLOW NAVY MAN.
741
00:38:51,398 --> 00:38:54,055
Robert Koffman: EVERYONE
WHO SERVES IN UNIFORM
742
00:38:54,090 --> 00:38:58,991
SERVES BY DESIRE AND DOES SO
AT A COST, UNFORTUNATELY.
743
00:38:59,026 --> 00:39:01,062
SOMETIMES THAT COST IS DEAR,
744
00:39:01,097 --> 00:39:05,895
BUT THAT COST IS NEVER
WITHOUT A LOT OF TRANSITION.
745
00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:10,969
AND PEOPLE WHO COME BACK
FROM WAR COME BACK DIFFERENTLY.
746
00:39:11,003 --> 00:39:13,178
Narrator: BOTH CHOPPER
AND TREVOR'S WIFE, RUJ,
747
00:39:13,212 --> 00:39:15,318
ACCOMPANIED HIM TO NICOE.
748
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:20,599
Koffman:
HAVING A GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM
IS ACTUALLY THE BEST MEDICINE
749
00:39:20,634 --> 00:39:23,809
FOR SOMEONE WHEN THEY COME BACK
FROM COMBAT
750
00:39:23,844 --> 00:39:27,365
OR FROM A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.
751
00:39:27,399 --> 00:39:30,333
Ruj Maroshek: NICOE WAS A PLACE
WHERE TREVOR OPENED UP TO ME
752
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:31,955
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
753
00:39:31,990 --> 00:39:34,026
IT WAS A CENTER THAT ACTUALLY
BROUGHT US TOGETHER
754
00:39:34,061 --> 00:39:35,649
BECAUSE IT GAVE ME INSIGHT
755
00:39:35,683 --> 00:39:38,790
AS TO WHAT A PERSON WITH TBI
IS GOING THROUGH
756
00:39:38,824 --> 00:39:41,033
AND UNDERSTAND
NOT TO TAKE THINGS
757
00:39:41,068 --> 00:39:42,518
OR FRUSTRATIONS PERSONALLY.
758
00:39:48,765 --> 00:39:51,803
Trevor: THE BEST THING
THAT I HAVE GOING FOR ME
759
00:39:51,837 --> 00:39:54,495
ISN'T MEDICATION,
THERE'S NO PILLS.
760
00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:56,808
IT'S MY DOG.
761
00:39:56,842 --> 00:39:58,982
IT'S MY DOG.
762
00:39:59,017 --> 00:40:02,641
Koffman: I'VE SEEN SERVICE DOGS
AND THERAPY DOGS DO WORK
763
00:40:02,676 --> 00:40:07,991
THAT NO HUMAN THERAPIST
COULD DO.
764
00:40:08,026 --> 00:40:11,926
Narrator:
DR. KOFFMAN RECENTLY ADDED
AN UNCONVENTIONAL CO-THERAPIST
765
00:40:11,961 --> 00:40:14,860
TO HIS PRACTICE,
REAR ADMIRAL RON.
766
00:40:14,895 --> 00:40:16,034
Koffman: COME ON,
GET YOUR LEASH.
767
00:40:16,068 --> 00:40:18,588
RON IS AN IMMEDIATE ICE-BREAKER.
768
00:40:18,623 --> 00:40:22,903
IN FACT, I HAVE WARRIORS
COME IN TO MY OFFICE
769
00:40:22,937 --> 00:40:25,423
JUST TO SEE RON,
AND, OH, BY THE WAY,
770
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:28,564
THEY'LL TALK WITH ME.
771
00:40:28,598 --> 00:40:30,704
HE IS ABLE TO SENSE
772
00:40:30,738 --> 00:40:34,466
WHEN SOMEBODY IS HAVING
AN ANXIOUS REACTION
773
00:40:34,501 --> 00:40:39,609
OR EXPERIENCING
A LOT OF ANXIETY OR PANIC.
774
00:40:39,644 --> 00:40:44,165
HE'LL LAY AT THEIR FEET AND JUST
REMAIN THERE UNTIL THEY GET UP.
775
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,893
HE'S ALSO BEEN TRAINED,
IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A KLEENEX,
776
00:40:47,928 --> 00:40:51,863
TO FETCH A BOX OF KLEENEX
AND BRING IT OVER TO THEM.
777
00:40:51,897 --> 00:40:54,935
STIGMA IN THE RECEIPT
OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
778
00:40:54,969 --> 00:40:57,524
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
779
00:40:57,558 --> 00:40:59,733
THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
780
00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:04,427
TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE AFRAID
THAT THEY WILL BE SINGLED OUT
781
00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:07,395
OR THEY WILL BE EXEMPT
FROM CERTAIN LICENSES
782
00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:10,951
OR FOLLOW-ON JOBS
IF THEY SEEK CARE.
783
00:41:10,985 --> 00:41:14,851
AND REALLY, NOTHING COULD BE
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
784
00:41:14,886 --> 00:41:17,475
Man: GOOD BOY.
785
00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:21,651
Narrator:
SOLDIERS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
SUFFERING FROM PTSD.
786
00:41:21,686 --> 00:41:26,138
WAR DOGS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE
MENTAL STRESS OF COMBAT, TOO.
787
00:41:28,037 --> 00:41:30,522
Narrator: THEY'RE TREATED
BY VETERINARIANS HERE,
788
00:41:30,557 --> 00:41:33,283
AT HOLLAND MILITARY
WORKING DOG HOSPITAL,
789
00:41:33,318 --> 00:41:35,631
ON THE CAMPUS
OF LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE
790
00:41:35,665 --> 00:41:39,427
IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
791
00:41:39,462 --> 00:41:41,015
WHEN MILITARY CANINES NEED
792
00:41:41,050 --> 00:41:43,501
EITHER PRIMARY
OR SPECIALIZED CARE,
793
00:41:43,535 --> 00:41:46,504
THEY COME TO HOLLAND
FOR BOTH COMPLICATED SURGERIES
794
00:41:46,538 --> 00:41:48,885
AND EMOTIONAL HEALING.
795
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,578
IT'S THE WALTER REED
FOR SOLDIER DOGS,
796
00:41:51,612 --> 00:41:54,650
THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
IN THE WORLD.
797
00:42:00,103 --> 00:42:04,970
THE HOSPITAL HAS A STAFF
OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED VETS,
798
00:42:05,005 --> 00:42:09,457
INCLUDING THE COUNTRY'S
TOP EXPERT IN CANINE PTSD.
799
00:42:10,735 --> 00:42:12,530
Walter Burghardt:
WORKING WITH CANINE PTSD
800
00:42:12,564 --> 00:42:17,017
IS REALLY A UNIQUELY MILITARY
TYPE OF PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
801
00:42:17,051 --> 00:42:22,091
Narrator: ABOUT 5% OF COMBAT
DOGS ARE DEVELOPING CANINE PTSD.
802
00:42:22,125 --> 00:42:25,646
Burghardt:
SO WE WERE SEEING DOGS
WHO WERE SHOWING AVOIDANCE OF,
803
00:42:25,681 --> 00:42:29,995
OR ATTEMPTS TO GET AWAY
FROM CERTAIN AREAS OR SOUNDS
804
00:42:30,030 --> 00:42:32,066
OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
805
00:42:32,101 --> 00:42:34,206
Narrator: THIS DOG
SUDDENLY BECAME SKITTISH
806
00:42:34,241 --> 00:42:38,141
AROUND NON-U.S. SOLDIERS.
807
00:42:38,176 --> 00:42:40,834
Burghardt: WE'RE SEEING DOGS
THAT SHOWED OVER-RESPONSIVENESS
808
00:42:40,868 --> 00:42:42,318
TO THINGS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT,
809
00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:45,252
THEY JUST WERE KIND OF JITTERY,
BEING HYPER-VIGILANT
810
00:42:45,286 --> 00:42:46,978
AND OVERLY RESPONSIVE TO THINGS
811
00:42:47,012 --> 00:42:50,395
THAT HADN'T AFFECTED THEM
IN THE PAST.
812
00:42:50,429 --> 00:42:52,017
Narrator: MANY DOGS SIMPLY STOP
813
00:42:52,052 --> 00:42:55,055
DOING THE JOBS
THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO.
814
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:01,820
DR. BURGHARDT AND HIS COLLEAGUES
IN COMBAT ZONES
815
00:43:01,855 --> 00:43:06,031
TREAT CANINE PTSD
WITH ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATIONS,
816
00:43:06,066 --> 00:43:09,103
DESENSITIZATION
AND COUNTER CONDITIONING.
817
00:43:09,138 --> 00:43:12,279
Burghardt: WITH TREATMENT,
WE CAN PROBABLY REHABILITATE
818
00:43:12,313 --> 00:43:14,557
ABOUT 50% OF THE DOGS,
819
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:19,079
AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER
WITH A PROBLEM OF ITS SORT.
820
00:43:19,113 --> 00:43:21,184
Narrator: THE REST RETURN
TO CIVILIAN LIFE
821
00:43:21,219 --> 00:43:27,535
AND ARE ADOPTED OUT,
USUALLY BY THEIR HANDLERS.
822
00:43:27,570 --> 00:43:30,987
AFTER SEVEN YEARS AND FOUR TOURS
ON THE FRONT LINES,
823
00:43:31,022 --> 00:43:34,577
TREVOR DECIDED TO RETIRE
FROM THE NAVY IN 2011.
824
00:43:39,340 --> 00:43:42,481
NOW TREVOR AND RUJ
ARE STARTING A NEW CHAPTER
825
00:43:42,516 --> 00:43:45,933
BY OPENING THEIR OWN
TACTICAL EQUIPMENT BUSINESS.
826
00:43:45,968 --> 00:43:49,109
THEY'LL SPECIALIZE
IN MILITARY GEAR FOR NAVY SEALS
827
00:43:49,143 --> 00:43:52,768
AND CUSTOM CANINE GEAR
FOR SEAL DOGS.
828
00:43:55,494 --> 00:43:56,944
Trevor: LET'S PUT UP
THE MOST IMPORTANT PORTION
829
00:43:56,979 --> 00:44:01,639
OF THIS...OF OUR BUSINESS.
830
00:44:01,673 --> 00:44:04,745
I'VE GOT ANOTHER PIECE OF TAPE
RIGHT HERE.
831
00:44:04,780 --> 00:44:06,851
THIS SHOULD HOLD IT
PRETTY WELL.
832
00:44:06,885 --> 00:44:09,647
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO FALL
AND TOUCH THE GROUND.
833
00:44:09,681 --> 00:44:14,099
SO AT LEAST WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN,
THEY KNOW WHO WE STAND FOR.
834
00:44:14,134 --> 00:44:15,445
OH, THIS IS AWESOME.
835
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,345
Narrator: TREVOR'S ALSO CREATED
HIS OWN NON-PROFIT,
836
00:44:18,379 --> 00:44:20,105
THE SEAL DOG FOUNDATION,
837
00:44:20,140 --> 00:44:23,661
TO HELP VETS WITH TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES AND PTSD
838
00:44:23,695 --> 00:44:26,284
GET THERAPY DOGS.
839
00:44:26,318 --> 00:44:28,010
Trevor: THE MOST REWARDING
PORTION FOR ME
840
00:44:28,044 --> 00:44:30,115
IS TO CONTINUE TO LIVE
THAT LIFE OF SERVICE
841
00:44:30,150 --> 00:44:33,015
AND, YOU KNOW,
TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
842
00:44:33,049 --> 00:44:35,431
Koffman: I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD
OF TREVOR.
843
00:44:35,465 --> 00:44:37,191
IN FACT, THIS NEW MISSION
844
00:44:37,226 --> 00:44:40,850
THAT HE HAS TO HELP
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS
845
00:44:40,885 --> 00:44:42,231
IS COMMENDABLE.
846
00:44:42,265 --> 00:44:45,475
I TOLD TREVOR A LINE
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT,
847
00:44:45,510 --> 00:44:49,169
AND THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE,
"HE WHO SAVES A LIFE,
848
00:44:49,203 --> 00:44:51,654
IT'S AS IF HE HAS SAVED
AN ENTIRE WORLD."
849
00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:55,416
I THINK TREVOR'S GONNA SAVE
A LOT OF WORLDS.
850
00:44:55,451 --> 00:44:58,903
Narrator: RECENTLY, TREVOR AND
RUJ WELCOMED A NEW ADDITION--
851
00:44:58,937 --> 00:45:03,355
THOR, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE
CHOPPER'S SON.
852
00:45:07,497 --> 00:45:10,121
THOR HAS NEVER BRAVED
THE BATTLEFIELD,
853
00:45:10,155 --> 00:45:14,884
BUT TREVOR PLANS TO GIVE HIM
AN ADVENTURE OF HIS OWN.
854
00:45:14,919 --> 00:45:17,715
NAVY SEALS LEARN
TO PARACHUTE JUMP HERE,
855
00:45:17,749 --> 00:45:23,306
AT TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS
OUTSIDE OF SAN DIEGO.
856
00:45:23,341 --> 00:45:27,966
ONLY SEAL DOGS TRAINED
ON THE EAST COAST LEARN TO JUMP.
857
00:45:28,001 --> 00:45:30,348
IT'S SOMETHING CHOPPER
NEVER EXPERIENCED
858
00:45:30,382 --> 00:45:32,419
AS A WEST COAST SEAL DOG.
859
00:45:32,453 --> 00:45:35,767
NOW HIS SON THOR
WILL HAVE THAT CHANCE.
860
00:45:35,802 --> 00:45:38,287
AND HOW HE RESPONDS
WILL BE ONE MEASURE
861
00:45:38,321 --> 00:45:41,255
OF WHETHER HE COULD HAVE
A CAREER ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
862
00:45:41,290 --> 00:45:44,569
HE'LL FREE FALL IN HIS OWN
CUSTOM-BUILT HARNESS.
863
00:45:44,603 --> 00:45:46,088
Man: YEAH,
QUITE THE TALENTED PUP.
864
00:45:46,122 --> 00:45:48,538
Narrator: THOR WILL JUMP TANDEM
WITH JAY STOKES,
865
00:45:48,573 --> 00:45:50,471
A FORMER ARMY GREEN BERET
866
00:45:50,506 --> 00:45:55,200
AND INSTRUCTOR
AT TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS.
867
00:45:55,235 --> 00:45:58,756
JAY IS THE MOST EXPERIENCED
FREE FALL TEACHER IN THE WORLD,
868
00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:03,415
WITH MORE THAN 22,000 JUMPS
UNDER HIS BELT.
869
00:46:03,450 --> 00:46:07,454
BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME
HE'S JUMPED WITH A DOG.
870
00:46:10,388 --> 00:46:15,634
Man: YOU ARE SET TO JET.
YES, YOU ARE. JUMP DOG.
871
00:46:15,669 --> 00:46:18,120
Trevor: YOU ACTUALLY GET
TO ONE-UP YOUR DAD.
872
00:46:18,154 --> 00:46:19,638
COME ON, PUP.
873
00:46:38,899 --> 00:46:41,074
ALRIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU
WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND.
874
00:46:48,253 --> 00:46:53,086
Narrator: JAY AND THOR WILL JUMP
FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 13,000 FEET
875
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:59,023
AND FALL TO EARTH
AT 115 MILES PER HOUR.
876
00:46:59,057 --> 00:47:00,818
Trevor: I SEE THEM,
THEY'RE RIGHT OVER THAT RIDGE,
877
00:47:00,852 --> 00:47:03,303
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW
DOING THEIR PASS.
878
00:47:27,016 --> 00:47:28,915
OH, I SEE HIM, HE'S WITH THOR.
879
00:47:28,949 --> 00:47:31,400
THEY'RE DOING ALRIGHT,
THEY'RE SPINNING AROUND.
880
00:47:31,434 --> 00:47:32,746
[LAUGHS]
881
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:41,962
I DON'T SEE ANY PANIC.
882
00:47:44,068 --> 00:47:46,725
THOR JUST KIND OF LOOKS
LIKE A LIMP BISCUIT, RELAXING.
883
00:47:55,942 --> 00:47:59,704
GOOD BOY. WOO HOO HOO!
884
00:47:59,738 --> 00:48:01,740
GOOD BOY!
885
00:48:01,775 --> 00:48:03,639
YEAH, BUDDY!
886
00:48:03,673 --> 00:48:05,986
WOO!
887
00:48:06,021 --> 00:48:06,918
GOOD BOY.
888
00:48:06,953 --> 00:48:07,746
I GOT YA, BUDDY.
889
00:48:07,781 --> 00:48:09,196
I GOT YA, I GOT YA.
890
00:48:09,231 --> 00:48:12,234
GOOD DOG. GOOD BOY.
IS THAT FUN OR WHAT?
891
00:48:12,268 --> 00:48:14,822
HOW WAS THAT? YEAH!
892
00:48:14,857 --> 00:48:17,756
ROUND TWO? WANT TO DO IT AGAIN?
893
00:48:17,791 --> 00:48:18,999
THAT WAS AWESOME. HUH?
894
00:48:19,034 --> 00:48:20,000
Jay Stokes: HE WAS A GOOD PUP.
895
00:48:20,035 --> 00:48:21,829
Trevor: HE WAS A GOOD PUP, HUH?
AWESOME.
896
00:48:21,864 --> 00:48:23,693
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO SEE YOUR DAD.
897
00:48:23,728 --> 00:48:25,316
THERE'S YOUR DAD,
THERE'S YOUR DAD!
898
00:48:25,350 --> 00:48:27,628
OH! HOO HOO HOO!
899
00:48:27,663 --> 00:48:31,080
GOOD BOY!
GOOD BOYS!
900
00:48:31,115 --> 00:48:32,426
AW!
901
00:48:32,461 --> 00:48:35,360
MOST DOGS DON'T EVER GET
AN OPPORTUNITY TO FREE FALL,
902
00:48:35,395 --> 00:48:38,191
SO HE JUST EXPERIENCED ACTUALLY
WHAT MOST PEOPLE IN GENERAL
903
00:48:38,225 --> 00:48:40,572
DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
904
00:48:40,607 --> 00:48:42,091
GOOD BOYS.
905
00:48:42,126 --> 00:48:44,818
MY TWO LITTLE HEROES.
906
00:48:44,852 --> 00:48:47,234
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
907
00:48:50,272 --> 00:48:52,170
Narrator:
CHOPPER'S COME A LONG WAY
908
00:48:52,205 --> 00:48:55,173
FROM HIS FIRST DAYS
IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
909
00:48:55,208 --> 00:48:57,313
HE'S SURVIVED TWO WAR ZONES
910
00:48:57,348 --> 00:49:01,145
AND SAVED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
HE NEVER KNEW.
911
00:49:01,179 --> 00:49:05,390
CHOPPER SERVED OUT OF LOVE
AND LOYALTY TO TREVOR.
912
00:49:05,425 --> 00:49:09,394
AND NOW, HE CONTINUES TO SERVE,
IN HIS OWN WAY, BACK HOME.
913
00:49:09,429 --> 00:49:13,985
Trevor: I AM OBLIGATED TO CARE
FOR HIM UNTIL HE PASSES AWAY
914
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:16,332
AND MAKE HIS LIFE
AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.
915
00:49:16,367 --> 00:49:17,885
IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO
916
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,543
FOR THE SERVICE HE'S DONE
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
917
00:49:20,578 --> 00:49:28,896
Ruj: CHOPPER IS THE MOST LOVING,
CARING, HAPPY, MISCHIEVOUS,
918
00:49:28,931 --> 00:49:31,623
PROTECTIVE DOG I HAVE EVER MET.
919
00:49:31,658 --> 00:49:34,005
AND HE HAS HIS OWN
SENSE OF HUMOR,
920
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:35,351
AND I DO BELIEVE HE LAUGHS.
921
00:49:35,386 --> 00:49:37,284
DOGS LAUGH.
922
00:49:37,319 --> 00:49:38,734
Trevor: WOO!
923
00:49:58,236 --> 00:50:02,137
GOOD DOG.
924
00:50:02,171 --> 00:50:05,416
HUH, HUH?
YOU WANT TO GET BACK ON?
925
00:50:05,450 --> 00:50:07,004
YOU WANT TO DO ANOTHER ONE?
926
00:50:08,936 --> 00:50:14,356
Narrator: CHOPPER'S THE PERFECT
COMPANION FOR A NAVY SEAL.
927
00:50:14,390 --> 00:50:15,633
Trevor: HE'S THERE FOR ME,
YOU KNOW?
928
00:50:15,667 --> 00:50:16,979
AND HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
929
00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:18,843
HE DOESN'T CRITICIZE,
DOESN'T YELL AT ME,
930
00:50:18,877 --> 00:50:21,570
DOESN'T EVEN PET ME AND TELL ME,
"HEY, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OK"
931
00:50:21,604 --> 00:50:24,159
AND POOH-POOH ME
AND PATRONIZE ME.
932
00:50:24,193 --> 00:50:27,921
HE JUST SITS THERE
AND HE LISTENS, YOU KNOW?
933
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,548
HE'S A HERO.
934
00:50:34,583 --> 00:50:37,068
IF ANYONE EVER HAS A QUESTION
IF DOGS HAVE A SOUL,
935
00:50:37,103 --> 00:50:40,451
THE ANSWER IS YES THEY DO.
936
00:50:40,485 --> 00:50:44,317
I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE BOND
BETWEEN A DOG AND A MAN.
937
00:50:46,491 --> 00:50:50,219
ALL I CAN SAY IS
HE'S A PART OF ME.
70359
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