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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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03-25-2016, 01:54 PM
zuludelta
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I am also trying to make the case for him being a former Special Operations Forces Multi Purpose Canine operator. I am not sure on what MOS you have to be or anything. It seems in the past one had to be a Military Police MOS and then go on to K9 training (to be a Working Dog Handler). Mutt has an "Infantry" SMS so I wanted to maybe have him start out as an 11B then progress to a SOF dog handler without going through the MP MOS. Anyone have any more info on the SOF MultiPurpose Canine operator? When I do a Google search it brings up mainly MARSOC information. I wanted to see what the US Army does and the requirements to get into it and such.
Given that Mutt's filecard was written by Larry Hama back in the early 1980s, it's likely Hama was basing the character's MOS background/training on that of the Vietnam War combat tracker team (CTT) dog handlers. Most of the Vietnam War CTT dog handlers were from the infantry, many of whom received CTT training at the British Army Jungle Warfare School in Malaysia between 1967 and 1968 (the original CTT cadre at the BJWS were primarily from the SAS and the SASR, I believe). That pretty much lines up with the stuff in Mutt's filecard about him being infantry and going to "Jungle Warfare Training School."
The modern-day Special Operations Multipurpose Canine (MPC) Handlers are different depending on the service. As you've likely already found out for yourself, MARSOC MPC Canine handlers come from the USMC Military Police community. They have to get qualified as Special Operations Capabilities Specialists and attend basic and advanced Special Operations MPC handler training.
In the 75th Ranger Regiment, the MPC unit falls under the purview of the regimental S-3 (or at least it was that way until at least 2007, I don't know if it's changed since then). The rangers who work with the dogs are infantrymen drawn from the ranger battalions. Like their MARSOC counterparts, though, they also attend basic and advanced Special Operations MPC handler training.
I haven't come across any detailed and reliable public information regarding the MPC handlers who work with Army SF and the SEALs, but what bits I've picked up from news and feature articles seem to indicate that they follow the same general model as the 75th RR MPCs (that is, their MPC handlers come from within the SF and SEAL community, respectively).
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