DI Rescues Mine-Detecting Dogs in Afghanistan.FALLS CHURCH Falls Church, independent city (1990 pop. 9,578), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948. There is diverse light manufacturing, including telecommunications equipment. , Va. -- DynCorp International DynCorp International[2] is a United States-based private military contractor (PMC) and aircraft maintenance company. DynCorp receives more than 96 percent of its $2 billion in annual revenues from the federal government. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DCP DCP - definitional constraint programming ) employees helped find homes for more than two dozen German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois dogs that were recently retired after detecting landmines in Afghanistan. The dogs belonged to the Mine Detection and Dog Center, an Afghan demining Demining is the process of removing landmines or naval mines from an area. There are two distinct types of mine detection and removal: military and humanitarian. Mine clearance In the combat zone, the process is referred to as mine clearance. nongovernmental organization. It is supported and advised by DynCorp International in humanitarian demining operations sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the government of Afghanistan. After the dogs' sense of smell becomes no longer reliable enough for them to perform mine-clearance operations, they face the prospect of euthanasia. Lloyd Carpenter, a DynCorp International project manager for the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement program in Afghanistan, saved a group of retired dogs by placing them with expatriates. "The dogs performed a humanitarian service to detect landmines so that humans wouldn't lose life or limb The phrase within the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, commonly known as the Double Jeopardy Clause, that provides, "nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb," pursuant to which there can be no . The companies that work with them should help get the dogs adopted by a family, and reward the dogs for their service and loyalty," Mr. Carpenter said. People in Afghanistan do not generally keep dogs as pets. This is the second group of mine-detection dogs DynCorp International employees have assisted. In 2006, DynCorp International technical advisors retrained 18 mine dogs for other specialties. This year, DynCorp International, the Mine Detection and Dog Center, and the U.N. Mine Action Center in Afghanistan organized a campaign in early March to find people willing to adopt the dogs. The response was overwhelming, creating a waiting list of more than 500 potential adopters. For more information, Mr. Carpenter recommends visiting the Marshall Legacy Institute -- a humanitarian relief organization that provides mine detecting dogs in war-torn countries -- at http://www.marshall-legacy.org. DynCorp International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a provider of specialized mission-critical technical services to civilian and military government agencies worldwide, and operates major programs in law enforcement training and support, security services, base operations, aviation services, contingency operations, and logistics support. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., DynCorp International has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. For more information, visit www.dyn-intl.com. |
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