Man's best friend: How two USAG Bavaria Soldiers helped a wounded vet

[The Patriot]

Master Sgt. Patrick Lockett is the owner of the Haus Amberg Shepherds kennel just outside of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria's Rose Barracks. He and his friend and dog handler, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Smith -- a Soldier assigned to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center out of Hohenfels -- recently made headlines by making the impossible possible. Marine veteran Garrett J. Carnes lost both legs stepping on an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan. After learning about Carnes' hardship and his struggle to get a service dog through a veterans administration, Smith and Lockett decided to send Smith's personal dog Unno.

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