 While there may only be veterinarians working on dogs in the Army, working dogs are distributed throughout all of the forces. There will be Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Army all with working dogs, so we will provide training to them if we are unavailable. There are often times very few veterinarians available to get to Canine Casualty in a sufficient and timely manner. So we train these guys on Canine First Aid and Tactical Combat Care to help save the lives of the patients that they may be working with. The diesel dog is a robot dog that is used to help simulate a working dog in action. We use them to simulate real-world experiences, real-world injuries, and we can practice procedures without actually harming a real patient in the process. These dogs are capable of bleeding, they are capable of making noise, they will bark. You can hear their heart rate feel, their pulses, and their great training aid, especially if people don't have dog handling skills. One of these people may be saving a dog's life and in turn that saves their handler's life because these dogs are family to their handlers and these handlers will often have injuries of their own and they will see their dog treated before they will get themselves treated. We may not be the big flashy ER docs running the big hospital, but we are behind the scenes helping care for the overall health of the dogs and the soldiers.