Military Working Dogs Still Classified as Equipment

Reprinted with permission from Ron Aiello

""Important notice!!

Now here are the facts on the Canine Members of the Armed forces Act.
In 2012 the House passed the full resolution of the Canines Member of the Armed Forces Act. But the Senate did not pass the full resolution.

It was decided by the Senate, that to get the bill passed in the Senate they had to take out a portion of it. That portion was the reclassification of the Military Working Dogs from Equipment to Canine Members of the Armed Force.

One January 3, 2013 President Obama sign the Appropriations Bill which had attached the Canines Members of the Armed Forces Act attached which made into law. 

Now in 2013 members of the Appropriations committee (both from the House and Senate) will work to get the reclassification issue back in the Appropriations bill for 2014.

So here is what it breaks down to.

For the next year we will need to continuously contact our representatives and let them know that we want our Military Working Dogs to be reclassified to Canine Members of the Armed Forces and we won’t accept anything less.

This information is from a phone conversation I had with a representative’s office in Washington, DC.

Keep the pressure on Washington!

Ron Aiello""

(This Appropriations Bill is a result of H.R.4103 - Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act introduced by Representative Walter Jones R-NC).