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The family members of fallen soldiers don’t person to mourn alone.
Blaze, a therapy dog, has been introduced arsenic Dover Air Force Base’s newest worker wrong nan Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations (AFMAO) portion successful Delaware.
The 2-year-old modular poodle was primitively rescued and trained successful 2022 by nan nonprofit Paws of War.
He now serves alongside his owner, United States Air Force Chaplain Captain William Kilgore.
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Blaze underwent respective months of therapy and rehabilitation pinch Paws of War to heal from his injuries.
Those injuries were caused by "months of maltreatment and neglect by an forbidden breeder," nan statement shared successful a connection pinch Fox News Digital.
Capt. William Kilgore (pictured), a chaplain, embraces his Paws of War rescue dog, Blaze. (Paws of War)
After Blaze’s imaginable arsenic a therapy dog was recognized, nan pup was offered a full-time gig pinch Kilgore’s team.
Dover’s AFMAO portion oversees nan transportation of fallen soldiers and welcomes those work members’ families to partake successful honorable transfers.
"He goes to activity knowing that he needs to bring immoderate joyousness successful a acheronian clip for people."
Blaze has been capable to "lift nan spirits of those serving on-base and assistance successful therapeutic and affectional support to each that require aliases activity it," nan Paws of War statement told Fox News Digital.
Kilgore (pictured) described nan "tremendous impact" Blaze has had connected those he's met. (Paws of War)
Blaze "lifts nan spirits of those serving on-base," Paws of War reported. (Paws of War)
"Blaze provides comfortableness during times of situation and accent astatine Dover," Paws of War wrote.
Blaze’s day-to-day regular consists of attending meetings and interacting pinch guidelines unit and visitors.
Yet his biggest work is welcoming nan families of fallen work members.
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During nan transportation of a flag-covered casket, Blaze stands by nan AFMAO’s work men and women and meets pinch families upon their request.
Blaze attends honorable transfers astatine Dover Air Base to supply support to subject unit and families. (Paws of War)
Kilgore (pictured) officially adopted Blaze successful 2023. (Paws of War)
"Blaze has had a tremendous effect connected everyone who meets him," Kilgore said successful a statement.
"Since he's joined us, each azygous family present for a honorable transportation has requested clip pinch Blaze."
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Paws of War co-founder Robert Misseri praised Blaze for moving "so difficult to bring truthful galore people's spirits up astatine immoderate of nan worst times successful their lives."
Kilgore reported that "every azygous family" has requested clip pinch Blaze since he took his post. (Paws of War)
"He was calved to do this," said Paws of War co-founder Robert Misseri of Blaze nan therapy dog. (Paws of War)
"And to deliberation Blaze was fto down by group erstwhile they were keeping him successful isolation for profit to breed him," he said successful a speech pinch Fox News Digital.
"It’s for illustration he knows he was calved to do this."
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"He goes to activity knowing that he needs to bring immoderate joyousness successful a acheronian clip for people."
To study much astir nan captious activity that Paws of War does connected an ongoing basis, anyone tin sojourn nan group's website, pawsofwar.org.
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Angelica Stabile is simply a manner writer for Fox News Digital.
