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usually army Captain Matthew Reed and

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his unit are deployed to bagram

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airfield Afghanistan where they treat

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medical patients every day . I never

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really felt like I was in the army

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completely until I came here and became

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a part of this and really had direct

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support on what we're doing in

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Afghanistan . There's nothing like I've

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ever seen over here . I'm seeing

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gunshot wounds . IED blast , grenade

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blasts . And so the level of care is a

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lot more intense over here . What makes

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their job even more difficult though is

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their patients ? Our dogs , I had no

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idea that the army had a veterinarian

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vet techs , anything . So when I was

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looking at my job , whoa . I was like ,

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of course , yeah . Sign me up a lot of

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procedures and stuff that we do very

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similar to humans are still just

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practicing medicine . The cause

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injuries a little bit different . But

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you're still evaluating the same things

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that we do on a daily basis and

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learning what's wrong with their

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patients is no walk in the park , they

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can't tell you what hurts , what's

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wrong with them . They have a stomach

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ache and dogs by nature , they try to

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cover everything out . They try to

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appear as healthy and as fit as

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possible at all times since they can't

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talk to their dogs . These animal

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health care specialists have to be

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ready for anything . We do surgeries ,

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we do X rays , we do dentals . So we

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have to be diverse in those situations

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because there's not a dog dentist . But

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by the end of the dogs visit the

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veterinarians say it's all worth it

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seeing them go back to work and it

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looked like maybe they would never work

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again . That's pretty rewarding way

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these dogs save lives . So for me to

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take care of them helps take care of

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other people . It puts a smile on your

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face , so it's a good thing . I enjoy

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it . But I think they're more valuable

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than I am , really . He's all the

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amazing things that they actually do

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with soldiers like these helping dogs

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in Need Man's best friend can help

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soldiers in Need Petty Officer Kyle ,

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Jackson , bagram Airfield .