MILITARY WORKING DOG HANDLER

JOB DUTIES

• Patrol Drug Detector Dog (PDDD) handler
• Patrol Explosive Detector Dog (PEDD) handler
• Health and Welfare searches
• Law and Order operations
• Installation Force Protection and Law and Order support
• VIP support
• Customs support

Candidates must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which is a series of tests that helps the Army understand your strengths and identify which Army job(s) fit your talents.

Job training for Military Working Dog handlers requires 17 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) on how to care for, handle and train a Military Working Dog (MWD). The training is in two phases. The first seven-week phase covers on-the-job instruction and teaches police methods and techniques for dog handling. The second phase of instruction is an 11-week course that provides basic instructions on the application of Military Working Dog utilization and employment capabilities. Phase II instructs in basic obedience, controlled aggression, first aid, principles of conditioning, building searches, scouting, detection, and daily care and grooming of assigned MWD.

Handlers will also learn other basic skills, including:

• Basic use of firearms
• Military/civil laws and jurisdiction 
• Arrest and restraint of suspects
• Other specialized dog handling techniques

We offer over 150 different jobs and offer to pay for college. We area self sustaining organization that would love to have you be apart of the team