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<p>Lt. j.g. Brendan Finton, psychology doctoral student, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.<br><br>"Therapy dogs, on the other hand, provide emotional support and brighten the days of patients of all kinds, to include military veterans."<br><br>"Within the Marine Corps, there is currently an exceptional retired military working dog, Lucca. Lucca served six years in the United States Marine Corps and during that time she deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan as a Specialized Search Dog, finding and marking explosives. During those deployments, she led over 400 patrols resulting in ZERO casualties. However, March 23, 2012, Lucca identified an IED buried on a patrol route. She swept the surrounding area, and a secondary device was triggered. She lost her left front leg in the subsequent blast and was aeromedically evacuated from Afghanistan to Germany to San Antonio and finally to Camp Pendleton, where she completed her physical rehabilitation. Lucca was medically retired in June 2012."<br></p>
<br>Subjects: US Marine Corps; psychology; Navy Medicine Live Blog;</div>
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U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</div>
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