That’s how Marine Maj. Brian Dennis recruited help for Nubs’ rescue. And it’s how Capt. Jamisen Fox and his Marine buddies recently got seven puppies to San Diego from their remote outpost near the Syrian border.
“We never heard about Marines doing this,†Fox said.
One of the Marines sent a photograph of his puppy to a troop support organization, Operation Cookie Jar.
Thus began the effort. Operation Cookie Jar set up the flight and vaccines. The Marines managed to find an Iraqi veterinarian to give the shots and sign the necessary paperwork. Puppy carriers were shipped over.
Hundreds upon hundreds of e-mails were sent back and forth to make all the arrangements, said Fox, 33, a Camp Pendleton Marine. Finally, in February, vehicles from a private security firm rumbled to the outpost, 200 miles from Baghdad.
From Iraq, the puppies were flown to Kuwait and then to the United States.
Today?
Kopelman adopted two of the puppies, which now romp at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas, a shelter that also helped in the effort. They are about 4 months old. They’re teething. They’re full of pep.
“We felt beholden to them,†Fox said, noting that the dogs had little chance of surviving in Iraq once the Marines left.
“Who was going to care for them?â€
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