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Family of Military Working Dog Equipment (FoMWDE)

A Military Working Dog (MWD) is any dog procured, acquired, or bred by a Department of Defense (DoD) component to meet the following MWD requirements within the DoD: enforcement of laws and regulations, suppression of illegal drugs, detection of explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), protection of installations and resources, force protection operations, and fulfillment of other security tasks.

These include:

  • Patrol Explosive Detection Dog (PEDD) specializes in finding explosives and IEDs.
  • Patrol Narcotics Detection Dog (PNDD) specializes in drug enforcement programs.
  • Specialized Search Dog (SDD) is capable of multiple roles.
  • Mine Detection Dog (MDD) finds all buried mines.