[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Belgian_Shepherd_Malinois_on_top_of_tank.jpg/800px-Belgian_Shepherd_Malinois_on_top_of_tank.jpg[/img]
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Whenever any animal serves in the military they always become awesome by default. There's quite a few I can think of but one of the ones that really stand out is this guy:
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Sergeant_Stubby_2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Sergeant_Stubby.jpg[/img]
aka the badass Sergeant Stubby
[i]
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – March 16, 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.
Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months and participated in four offensives and 17 battles. He entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during a raid to take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front was able to improve morale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the trenches.
After being gassed himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man's land, and — since he could hear the whine of incoming artillery shells before humans could — became very adept at letting his unit know when to duck for cover. He was even solely responsible for capturing a German spy in the Argonne. Following the retaking Château-Thierry by the US, the thankful women of the town made Stubby a chamois coat on which were pinned his many medals. There is also a legend that while in Paris with corporal Conroy, Stubby saved a young girl from being hit by a car. At the end of the war, Conroy smuggled Stubby home.[/i]
I love dogs.
I could also post Woytek the soldier bear but I'm a bit lazy at the moment.
What about Soldier Bear.
[IMG]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/voytek.jpg[/IMG]
What the hell, why am I getting dumb ratings.
Poor stubby, he got gassed :frown:
What the deuce
[QUOTE=DarkSamus;19827971]Poor stubby, he got gassed :frown:[/QUOTE]
He lived though thankfully
[QUOTE=Aman V;19827990]He lived though thankfully[/QUOTE]
:unsmith:
This thread seriously lacks content.
We need to get a list of animals that served in the military.
[QUOTE=MR-X;19828038]This thread seriously lacks content.
We need to get a list of animals that served in the military.[/QUOTE]
I have a list.
[B]Nigger[/B]
[I]Nigger was a black labrador retriever dog belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson, and the mascot of 617 Squadron. Nigger died on 16 May 1943, the day before the famous "Dam Busters" raid, when he was hit by a car. He was buried at midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. 'Nigger' was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam. Nigger's grave is at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. He had often accompanied Gibson on training flights.
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Nigger_(dog).jpg[/img]
[B]Just Nuisance[/B]
[I]Just Nuisance was the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He was a Great Dane who from 1939-44 served at HMS Afrikander, a Royal Navy shore establishment in Simon's Town, South Africa. He died in 1944 and was buried with full military honours.[/I]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Justnuisance.png[/img]
[I]The news that Nuisance may be put down spurred many of the sailors and locals to write to the Navy pleading for something to be done. Although somebody offered to buy him a season ticket, the Navy instead decided to officially enlist him; as a member of the armed forces he would receive free rail travel, so the fare-dodging would no longer be a problem. It was a good idea: for the next years, he would be a morale booster for the troops serving in World War II.
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[I]He was enlisted on 25 August 1939: his surname was entered as "Nuisance" and rather than leaving the forename blank he was christened "Just". His trade was listed as "Bonecrusher" and his religious affiliation as "Scrounger", although it was later altered to the more charitable "Canine Divinity League (Anti-Vivisection)". To allow him to receive rations and because of his longstanding unofficial service he was promoted from Ordinary Seaman to Able Seaman.
He never went to sea, but fulfilled a number of roles ashore. He continued to accompany sailors on train journeys and escorted them back to base when the pubs closed. While many of his functions were of his own choosing, he also appeared at many promotional events, including his own "wedding" to another Great Dane, Adinda. Adinda produced five pups as a result, two of which were auctioned off in Cape Town to raise funds for the war effort.
Nuisance's service record was not exemplary. Aside from the offenses of travelling on the trains without his free pass, being absent without leave, losing his collar and refusing to leave the pub at closing time, his record shows that he was sentenced to have all bones removed for seven days for sleeping in an improper place: one of the Petty Officer's beds. He also fought with the mascots of ships that put in at Simon's Town, resulting in the deaths of at least two of them.[/I]
I saw some dogs that where on an Air Force base and they tested them out on a plastic arm someone had on, and it took them to the fucking ground in a blink of an eye.
If they sent the dogs on you and you didn't have a weapon of some sort, you would be fucked.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Dog_with_mask_WWI.jpg[/img]
Doggy gas mask
[b]Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav[/b]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/icejoe74/Nils_Olav_inspection.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav[/url]
This thread reminded me of
[img]http://thxforthe.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bear-cavalry.jpg[/img]
This is pretty awesome too, this dolphin was doing mine clearance work.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/NMMP_dolphin_with_locator.jpeg/499px-NMMP_dolphin_with_locator.jpeg[/img]
This thread made me happy.
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[QUOTE=Aman V;19828068]I have a list.
[B]Nigger[/B]
[I]Nigger was a black labrador retriever dog belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson, and the mascot of 617 Squadron. Nigger died on 16 May 1943, the day before the famous "Dam Busters" raid, when he was hit by a car. He was buried at midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. 'Nigger' was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam. Nigger's grave is at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. He had often accompanied Gibson on training flights.
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Nigger_(dog).jpg[/img]
[B]Just Nuisance[/B]
[I]Just Nuisance was the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He was a Great Dane who from 1939-44 served at HMS Afrikander, a Royal Navy shore establishment in Simon's Town, South Africa. He died in 1944 and was buried with full military honours.[/I]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Justnuisance.png[/img]
[I]The news that Nuisance may be put down spurred many of the sailors and locals to write to the Navy pleading for something to be done. Although somebody offered to buy him a season ticket, the Navy instead decided to officially enlist him; as a member of the armed forces he would receive free rail travel, so the fare-dodging would no longer be a problem. It was a good idea: for the next years, he would be a morale booster for the troops serving in World War II.
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[I]He was enlisted on 25 August 1939: his surname was entered as "Nuisance" and rather than leaving the forename blank he was christened "Just". His trade was listed as "Bonecrusher" and his religious affiliation as "Scrounger", although it was later altered to the more charitable "Canine Divinity League (Anti-Vivisection)". To allow him to receive rations and because of his longstanding unofficial service he was promoted from Ordinary Seaman to Able Seaman.
He never went to sea, but fulfilled a number of roles ashore. He continued to accompany sailors on train journeys and escorted them back to base when the pubs closed. While many of his functions were of his own choosing, he also appeared at many promotional events, including his own "wedding" to another Great Dane, Adinda. Adinda produced five pups as a result, two of which were auctioned off in Cape Town to raise funds for the war effort.
Nuisance's service record was not exemplary. Aside from the offenses of travelling on the trains without his free pass, being absent without leave, losing his collar and refusing to leave the pub at closing time, his record shows that he was sentenced to have all bones removed for seven days for sleeping in an improper place: one of the Petty Officer's beds. He also fought with the mascots of ships that put in at Simon's Town, resulting in the deaths of at least two of them.[/I][/QUOTE]
For real...?
russian mine dogs
Reminds me of the K-9 unit in World War Z. That dog on the top is awesome, though.
For some reason, when I read the thread title, I imagined dogs with guns.
[QUOTE=Anteep2;19828781]russian mine dogs[/QUOTE]
I learned about them in MGS3.
I thought this was going to be a stupid animal rights thread, but I was gladly surprised. Sgt. Stubby must have been one badass dog.
What if they get hurt?? :ohdear:
I heard there was a bear in the Russian army during WWII, not much else about it though.
what about that one dog who was ba and saved some guy form no RUSSian lmao xd
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_(dog[/url])
Motherfucker ran into a german pillbox.
[QUOTE=Skrill;19828412][b]Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav[/b]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/icejoe74/Nils_Olav_inspection.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav[/url][/QUOTE]
[img]http://ngepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-penguins-of-madagascar-launchtime.jpg[/img]
what
[img]http://strangeink.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/quitely_we3_run.jpg[/img]
the cat is so cool
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;19829687][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_(dog[/url])
Motherfucker ran into a german pillbox.[/QUOTE]
:mad:
[quote]Chips was a true hero. He was awarded a Silver Star for valor, and a Purple Heart for his wounds. The newspapers heralded his exploits. Unfortunately, the press attracted the attention of the Commander of the Order of the Purple Heart. He complained to both President Roosevelt and the War Department, claiming that by so honoring Chips, they were demeaning all the men who have been awarded a Purple Heart. Chips' medals were taken away, and he was given an honorable discharge and returned to his family in Pleasantville. No military dog has received an official decoration since.
The debate surrounding the giving of metals to military dogs not only led to the denying of dogs the right to recognition for their efforts, but also paved the way for the military to classify them as "equipment" -- a classification that would cost them dearly. [b]When the US pulled out of Vietnam, the military dogs were classified as "equipment" and left behind. Despite earnest efforts to bring the dogs home, the order to abandon them was firm. Over 4,000 dogs served in Vietnam, many sacrificing their lives.[/b] They saved thousands of American soldiers from death or injury. Stories vary as to what became of these valiant canines, but one thing is known to a certainty is that they shared all 24/7 with their handler. [b]These dogs gave their full measure of devotion -- whatever the danger -- but they did not get to share the freedom of coming home.[/b][/quote]
I believe this is the fucker right here.
[img]http://www.purpleheart.org/Images/PNC/Hamilton.jpg[/img]
Where are my motherfucking war elephants
:colbert:
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