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stationed at Ft. McArthur Air force Base in El Segundo, California. They called themselves The Wolf Pack.
We were asked if we could bring our Wolf pack to honor their Wolf pack for a ceremony and picnic afterwards. At this time, we had not only Shadow and Alaska, but Takoda, our Alpha male and their seven three month old puppies.
We packed up all ten with a handful of volunteers and made our way to the base. If you could just imagine wrangling three month old puppies who are the size of medium size dogs and that get car sick just looking at a truck. One of the puppies was recovering from a very tricky back surgery so he had his own very special volunteer. Leaving him at
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home was not an option. No wolf gets left behind.
The Ft. MacArthur “SYSW Wolf Pack was in the middle of a ceremony. They were hidden in a meeting room without windows so we could set up as a surprise. Paul and I were sent in with Shadow, Alaska and Takoda in tow, but they let us in too early. The Colonel leading the meeting made a comment that seemed to suggest that he did not intend to be upstaged by the wolves and turned the microphone over to me. I had prepared something to say to honor the squadron.