Canine EOD collaboration

COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - Military Working Dog teams from Columbus Air Force Base, alongside other units from Lowndes County, the Highway Patrol, Fire Marshal’s office, South Haven and Mississippi State University, met with the FBI on Feb. 16 to perform joint explosives detection training on MSU’s campus in Starkville. FBI bomb technician Brandon Grant led the training to improve the canines’ detection of improvised and commercial explosives. A major focus of the event was improving relationships – and collaboration - between various units. “Without that collaboration, the ability to detect explosives at venues like this would be greatly diminished,” said Grant. (Source: Columbus AFB 02/18/16)