7 blog reactions to www.blackfive.net/main/2008/01/operation-puppy.html

If you are coming here from CNN, please look around and be welcome. If you are looking for my reporting from Iraq, the non-military is here and the military can be found at Blackfive including all the posts on DJ and Operation Puppy Love. If you have questions, send them on and I will do my best to answer once I get back from Wolf Park. Yes, those are wolves I was with; yes, we were out on a frozen lake; no, they are not domesticated; and, no, they don

If you are coming here from CNN, please look around and be welcome. If you are looking for my reporting from Iraq, the non-military is here and the military can be found at Blackfive including all the posts on DJ and Operation Puppy Love. If you have questions, send them on and I will do my best to answer once I get back from Wolf Park. Yes, those are wolves I was with; yes, we were out on a frozen lake; no, they are not domesticated; and, no, they don

have slacked off a little this year already, I wiped the cob webs out of my brain housing group and decided to share this little heart warmer with ya all. Blackfive apparently has a few dog lovers on board and they have been working to bring a little fuzz ball home to the family of a soldier killed in Iraq. He had a special attachment to the dogs at his FOB and his mother found several photos of him with them in his personal affects. She asked his platoon leader if she could maybe adopt one of them. Thus

PFC Alejandro "Alex" Varela was killed in action on May 19, 2007 along with six of his comrades. Alex's mother had been unsuccessful in her attempts to get one of the dogs who lived with his platoon at COP Annihilator - until now. Read the rest of this great story. Update: Here's the extended version of this story, with profiles of Alex's fallen comrades and video interviews with some of the surviving squad members. Meet some of the Heroes of the 1st Cavalry Division, "America's First Team", at the end of

s mom and her goals and want to help in any way I can. Very respectfully, LT Tom Word reached Blackfive, who contacted Soldiers Angels. When these two get together on something, you just know things are going to get done. Click here to learn more about the fate of this puppy.

s mom and her goals and want to help in any way I can. Very respectfully, LT Tom Word reached Blackfive, who contacted Soldiers Angels. When these two get together on something, you just know things are going to get done. Click here to learn more about the fate of this puppy.

BLACKFIVE: Operation Puppy Love: Bringing DJ Home