Tampa-based, bomb-sniffing military dog who saved 13 people in Afghanistan retires with honors
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A bomb-sniffing dog credited with saving a military patrol in Afghanistan is retiring with full military honors.
Military officials say that in 2012, a Belgian Malinois named Eddie found two improvised explosive devices containing 10 pounds of homemade explosives. It saved the lives of his 13-member patrol unit, which was made up of U.S. allied forces.
The retirement ceremony was held Friday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., and a few dozen soldiers turned out to cheer Eddie on.
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Eddie is assigned to MacDill's 6th Security Forces Squadron and has served for about five years. In retirement, he will be reunited with his first handler, Andrew Grymes.