LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TX - Army Col. Basa rehondo raDavid Rolfe raenda kune imbwa.
Sezvo mutungamiriri weDhipatimendi reMasoja reKushanda Dog Dog rakarongwa pano, Rolfe nevashandi vake ndivo vane basa rehutano uye hurumende yevamwe vevanhu vasina kubatanidzwa vehondo yekurwa: imbwa inofungidzirwa imbwa 2 300.
Imbwa idzi, pamwe chete nevatsigiri vavo kubva mubasa rose rehondo, dzinoshandiswa munyika yose kutsigira hondo yekutyisa, kubatsira kuchengetedza zvigaro zvehondo uye mabasa uye kuona mabhomba nezvimwe zviputi vasati vakuvadza.
Nekunzwisisa kwekunzwa kunhuhwirira katatu kusvika 10 zvakasimba kudarika yevanhu, imbwa dzinoshanda dzinogona kuona tsanangudzo shomanana dzemagetsi kana zvinodhaka uye dzinongwarira avo vanoita basa ravo, Rolfe akatsanangura.
Asi panguva imwecheteyo, imbwa dzine mano okuita kutya mumhirizhonga nenzira iyo munhu-kunyange kana akazvigadzirira - asingawanzogoni, uye achadzivirira avo vanobata kusvika kumagumo. "Vanhu vanoona imbwa uye havadi kushamwaridzana nayo," akadaro Staff Sgt. Andrew Mier, mudzidzisi wekudzidzira imbwa yehondo, akatumira kuSouthwest Asia katatu semubati wechipiri - kaviri kuSaudi Arabia uye kamwe kuQatar. "Imbwa inogadzira simba rakasimba repfungwa."
Huru zhinji dzehurumende dzeUnited States dzekushanda dzehondo dzinonzi chiGermany neDutch, uye Belgian Malinois anomutsa Rolfe akati "ane utsinye, akachenjera kwazvo, akavimbika zvikuru uye anotamba mitambo."
"Tinotarisira zvakawanda zvekuti tinovada kuti vave vakasimba uye vanotamba," akadaro. "Tinoda imbwa yakanyanyisa-famba nemafungiro emhirizhonga nokuti ndizvo izvo zvinotumirwa nehurume."
Imbwa dzakatora nguva refu dzichizivikanwa se "simba rekuwedzera" nemauto ehondo kumativi ose enyika, Rolfe akati. VaRoma vakaisa makirasi-makorovha pamakungwa avo, ndokuvatumira muvengi kuti varume nekucheka vavengi vavo.
Hondo yeUnited States yakashandisa imbwa dzinoshanda kubva muRevolutionary War, pakutanga sezvipfuwo zvepamberi, uye gare gare, nokuda kwemashandisirwo akawedzerwa, zvakadai sekuuraya makonzo mumakumbo munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, iye akati.
Asi Hondo Yenyika II yakaona kuputika kukuru mukushandiswa kwembwa dziri kushanda kutsigira mauto ehondo . Hondo yeUnited States yakashandiswa zvinopfuura 10 000 zvakanyatsodzidziswa canines, vazhinji sevatumwa, asi vamwe sevashandi, vatumwa uye vanoona zvangu, Rolfe akatsanangura.
Nhasi, "imbwa mazana mapfumbamwe" inoshumira imbwa dziri kushanda nemauto eUnited States muIraq neAkistani sembwa dzinotarisa uye mabhomba uye vanocherechedza zvinodhaka, Rolfe akati, achiwedzera kuti vatengesi vanoshandisa imbwa dzinowanikwa munhandare. Inosvika 2 000 dzimwe imbwa dzinoshanda dzinopa maitiro akadaro kuUnited States uye mishonga yekushandira pasi pose.
Zvichakadaro, mauto ari kuwedzerwa kuvimba kwaro imbwa dzinoshanda. Pamberi peSvondo 11, 2001, Rolfe akati Air Force chekuchengetedzwa kwemauto anodzidziswa nezvejuku dzinoshanda 200 gore reDhipatimendi Rezvokudzivirira. Nhamba iyoyo inosvika kune mazana mashanu, nehuwandu hwembwa dziri kudzidziswa sevatumwa uye bhomba-sniffers.
Purogiramu yemakumi maviri nemazuva inodzidzisa imbwa kuteerera kunokosha pamwe neunyanzvi hunobudirira, zvakadai sekukurwisa uye nzira yekufuridzira zvimwe zvinhu. Rolfe akati chirongwa chekutanga chekudzidzisa, chinotungamirirwa neboka 341 reChechi yeChechi, rakakonzerwa ne "mibayiro yakanaka" - kazhinji bhora kana rubber toy pane kudya.
"Takadzidza kare kare kuti zvokudya zvinoshanda kwenguva yakareba kudai iyo iyo imbwa inoda kuti iwe uite ndeyokutamba nayo."
Kamwe imbwa dzichigamuchira kurovedzwa kwadzo kwokutanga, nhengo dzeChitubu cheMasitadhi 37 dzinodzidzisa imbwa nevadzidzisi vavo kuti vashande seboka. "Imwe yezvinetso zvakakura ndeyokugadzirisa mushandi kuti aone kuti imbwa iri kuratidzei," akadaro Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Luloffs, murayiridzi wechikoro.
"Asi kugutsikana kukuru kuri kutarisa mapoka acho achivandudza uye achikwanisa kuita pachikwata chepamusoro, uye kuziva kuti iwe une chikamu mairi," akadaro Mier.
Kunyange zvazvo Air Force inodzidzisa imbwa dzekushanda dzehondo nemaoko avo, Varwi vezvombo zvehondo vanoendesa pasi pose vanovabatsira kuchengetedza zvakakodzera basa uye kurapa zvirwere zvavo.
Telemedicine, yakakurumbira munharaunda yehupenyu hwehutano, iri kushandiswa kugovera nyanzvi kubvunzurudza zvezvikara zvekushanda zvehondo.
"Tinoda kuti varambe vari mumunda uye vabatanidzwe munhandare," akadaro Army Maj. Kelly Mann, mukuru we radiology yeHondo yeKushanda Dog Dog paLackland Air Force Base. Mukuwedzera, Rolfe nemushandi wake vanoshandisa zvizere zvipatara zvipatara kuLackland.
Sezvo dzimba dzekushanda dzichiwedzera kuwedzerwa kune basa rehondo, basa riri kuitika kuti ridzivirire kubva kune zvityiso zvevengi. Rolfe anotarisa purogiramu yekutsvakurudza uye kukurudzira iyo iri kutarisa pakashandurwa kwezvombo zvemuviri uye gasi masks embwa dzekushanda zvehondo.
Hapana nzira yakanaka iripo yekudzivirira imbwa kubva pane yenyukireya, maitiro kana chigadzirwa chemakemikari, akadaro. "Asi zviri pachena kuti chimwe chinhu chiri kutariswa," akadaro. Munguva iyi, Walter Reed Institute of Research inodzidza kushandiswa kwepiritsi inogona kubatsira imbwa dzekushanda zvemauto inopukunyuka kurwisana-nhengo-nhengo.
Kutsvakurudza kuri kuitikawo kuumba "mhino yepamusoro" inogona kudzokorora imbwa - asi Rolfe anofanotaura kuti inzira yakareba pasi pemugwagwa. "Vamwe vanhu vanoti zvinogona kuva makore makumi mashanu tisati tava nemhino yepamusoro inogona kutsiva imbwa," akadaro.
Kunze kwezvo, imbwa dzine chimwe chinhu Rolfe akati mimwe mwedzi inenge isingazoiti: kuvimbika kukuru uye chido chokufadza. "Makina haatarisi kana akawana chimwe chinhu," anodaro Rolfe. "Asi iyo imbwa inoda kufadza mutarisiri wayo. Imbwa ichaenda kunotsvaka chimwe chinhu pachayo apo mishonga haichazoiti."
Icho chinonyanya kukosha, akati, "imbwa dzine mwoyo - chimwe chinhu chinoita kuti vave chinhu chinokosha kumakwikwi edu."