Military Working Dogs - training the nose that knows

Djego, 5th Security Forces Squadron military working dog (MWD), smells a sample of an improvised explosive device at the Law Enforcement Training Grounds in Minot, North Dakota, Aug. 13, 2025. The training imprints the MWD with the smell of improvised explosive devices such as triacetone triperoxide, erythritol tetranitrate and hexamethylene triperoxide diamine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum

VIRIN: 250813-F-UR202-1090.JPG

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Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON Z 6_2

LENS

NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

APERTURE

63/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/800

ISO

500

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