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good boy max . Oh , what a good girl .

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For Marines assigned to the wounded

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warrior battalion , friday is a day of

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healing . They just bring a lot of

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positive energy around , I believe ,

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helps you heal and helps you get back

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to living a normal life . I suppose for

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the past two months , volunteers with

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Hawaii Fido , an organization that

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provides service dogs to those in need

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have been bringing pet therapy dogs to

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the Marine Corps base here at Kaneohe

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Bay to work with marines assigned to

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the wounded warrior battalion West .

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It's the unconditional love of the dog

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that makes this all possible . They

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don't care what color you are . If you

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can read , if you have missing limbs ,

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what not there just there for that

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touch and they give that back max man .

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Corporal Raphael Cervantes is one of

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the wounded warriors here . Cervantes

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who's recovering from an I E . D blast

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says he looks forward to the weekly

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visits with the dogs lately . I just

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don't know , I just feel , I feel like

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I'm not here and being around these

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dogs is just gets my mind out of what

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I feel and my pain in my leg . I have a

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lot of pain in my leg . So just hanging

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out with these guys , I think it's an

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amazing thing for us teaching marines

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to care for and train service dogs is

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an important part of the Hawaii Fido

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program . Corporal daniel carter says

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there's no question that adopting his

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lab . Finn has helped his recovery .

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I've had a huge success and going from

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just depressed and never leaving my

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room to always being out and I'm never

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in my room now . Good girl , wounded

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warriors On the road to recovery with a

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little help from man's best friend at

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Marine Corps Base Hawaii Canio Hebei ,

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Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Roth

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reporting . Yeah , right .