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Service Before Self: Incirlik Airmen celebrate MWD Yoda on retirement from active duty

Lt. Col. Alexander Liggett, 39th Security Forces Squadron commander, presents a certificate of retirement to Military Working Dog Yoda during a ceremony at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, April 1, 2022. During the ceremony, leaders and wingmen from across the 39th Air Base Wing celebrated MWD Yoda for his retirement after seven years of military service at Incirlik AB. During his career, MWD Yoda accumulated 3,025 training hours and 350 hours of random antiterrorism measures and law enforcement operations while maintaining a 97 percent drug detection rate. MWD Yoda will spend retirement in Germany after being adopted by a U.S. Army veterinarian who previously served at Incirlik AB.

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Matthew Angulo
VIRIN: 220401-F-EZ689-1041.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON D810

LENS

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/30

ISO

250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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