One such faction are the Dogs of War, who received an official army book in the tabletop game's fifth edition but were quickly forgotten. They were a mercenary army drawn mainly from the minor ...

Callahan uncovered evidence that three Pentagon employees took dogs for themselves. And in February 2014, K2 doled out at least 200 of the dogs to civilians — a “mass dump” the Army and K2 ...

Thousands went to the Army and Marines. By the war’s end, 559 Marine combat dogs survived. Four were euthanized for aggression and 15 for health concerns.