Dogs who serve in the United States military would be ensured a good home and proper care in retirement under new federal legislation. The bill by Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal and Republican Representative Walter Jones would re-classify military working dogs as members of the armed forces, rather than military equipment.

The "Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act" would allow military working dogs who are not able to be adopted ...

Tennis balls. Ear cleaners. Rope pulls. Not exactly the items you'd find in most care packages to troops deployed overseas - unless those packages are for four-legged members of the military.

Project KITT is a nonprofit group in Florida that helps create care packages for military working dogs. The Naples News Press reports Project KITT was named after founderAlan Kalfus's dog Kitt, a police canine:

According to the Naples ...

Members of the military have been plagued with post-traumatic stress disorder for as long as there has been war. After World War I, it was called "Shell Shock." Veterans of battle in WWII were told they had "Combat Fatigue." Now, psychologists call the mental trauma caused by battle post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. And, it turns out, humans aren't the only ones who suffer from it.

Lt. Col. Richard ...

The story of how our Navy Seals took down Osama bin Laden just keeps getting better and better. Slate is reporting that a military dog accompanied the Navy Seals as they invaded bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. This detail has not yet been confirmed by the Pentagon, but it makes a lot of sense. Slate speculates that the Seals might have brought a highly-trained pooch with them to help ...