VIDEO: A Nose For Danger | K9's sniff out dangerous explosives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_HP2lcaQAc

Marines and their K-9™s with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, train to search for explosives during specialized obedience training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The dogs and their handlers use a combined set of keen senses to spot and sniff out dangerous explosives that might otherwise go unnoticed on the battlefield.

(U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Anthony Mesa)

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