Iphrofayela Yomsebenzi: I-Military Working Dog Handler

"Umngani omkhulu womuntu," akunakulinganiswa ukuhlala ekhaya ukudla amaBibbles, uye waqina futhi eqinisiwe yizinhlangothi zamasosha iminyaka eminingi. Ngisho nasemaqenjini ekhulu lama-21 anamuhla, lapho amanye amasosha manje aqeqeshwe khona ukushaya isisulu sawo esivela e-hemisphere engenawo indiza engabonakali , kusekhona indawo yalolu buhlobo obuyisisekelo phakathi kwama-canines nabasebenzi babo emisebenzini yezempi yomsebenzi wezempi (MOS) 31K .

Imisebenzi Nemithwalo Yemfanelo

Ngokusho komthetho wezempi 190-12 abadobi bezinja e-Army banemithwalo yemfanelo eyisisekelo:

Amaqembu e-Military Work (MWD) amaqembu ahlala esebenza, kokubili ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe, asekela ukulwa kwempi noma ukugcinwa komthetho nsuku zonke. Eqinisweni, imithethonqubo ivimbela ukulayisha izabelo ezengeziwe kumphathi we-K-9 ongaphazamisa imisebenzi yakhe eyinhloko. Yiqiniso, lokho akugcini abagcini ukuba bahambe ngezidingo ezijwayelekile zokuqeqeshwa kwezempi njengezivivinyo zensimu - kusho ukuthi kufanele baxolelwe umsebenzi wokuzibophezela kanye nomsebenzi owenza umatasa ozowagcina ekuqeqesheni nasekukhathaleleni ngokuba, nokubeka abangane babo obomvu kuqala.

I-MOS 31K ayikho nje ukuze amanye amasosha akhokhelwe ukuze abe nenja, yebo. Izinja ezisemsebenzini zisebenza ngokuyinhloko ukucinga noma izidakamizwa zezinambuzane noma iziqhumane. Eqinisweni, ama-canines angaqeqeshwa kuphela ukuze afune omunye noma omunye kuwo wonke umsebenzi wawo, ukugcina ama-snouts akhe akhethekile.

Izinja zingase ziqeqeshwe njengabaqhubi bezilwane noma abathintekayo, futhi "kungadingeka ukuthi kuqhutshwe imihlangano ye-Secret Service, [kanye] nokuhlolwa kwezempilo nokuhlala enhlalakahle."

Izidingo Zempi

Esikhathini esidlule "ikhono elikhethekile elihlelwe" lamasosha aseleMos oyinhloko, umphathi wezinja ezisebenza ngezempi waba yi-MOS yakhe ephelele ngo-2012. Kuze kube maduzane, kwakungeyona indawo yokungena: Abafakizicelo baxoshwa e-Army's military inkampani yamaphoyisa (MP) , okuhlangenwe nakho okwanele ukukhombisa ukuqeqeshwa nokuvuthwa kwabo. Umthethosisekelo we-190-12 ufunda ukuthi abaphathi "ngeke bakhethwe noma baqashwe ngokuqondile ezikoleni eziyinhloko zokukhiqiza ze-MOS."

Noma kunjalo, kubonakala sengathi kushintsha, ngisho noma umthethonqubo ungakafiki. Ngokusho kwalokhu kukhululwa kwezempi zomphakathi ngo-Okthoba 2012, i-Army ilungiselela "ukudala ibhalansi phakathi kweziphathimandla zabo [zabo] ... ngo-Okthoba 2014" ngokuqeqesha amasosha angena e-MOS.

Abafakizicelo nabo badinga ukudlula isikrini sezokwelapha, isheke lokungena ebugebengu , ukuthola ipasipoti, futhi bagcwalise ngempumelelo ukuxoxisana nomphathi wenkosi noma umphathi wamayunithi ukuze bafanelekele lesi sabelo sokuzithandela.

Isidingo esilula kakhulu sokufunda ulimi esimisweni somthetho, ngakho-ke njengoba ngikhathazekile, ukuthi labo abazobhekana nabo kumele "babonise izinga eliphezulu lothando lwe-MWD." Bet ngeke uthole lelo gama (ukugcizelela kwami ​​siqu) ezincwadini eziningi ze-Army.

Ifilosofi yenqubo yezinja zokusebenza isebenza "inja eyodwa, umphathi oyedwa" kuze kube yilapho inja ishiya emsebenzini. Noma njengomlobi uRobert Heinlein wakubeka encwadini yakhe ethi Starship Troopers , "Ubuhlobo obungokomzwelo phakathi kwenja-indoda nenja yenkampani ye-K-9 bukhulu kakhulu futhi kubaluleke kakhulu kunokuba ubuhlobo bomzwelo emishado eminingi . "

Mhlawumbe wayeqaphelisa kancane, kodwa lapho umlobi wakho othembekile wezempi engumbhali ephendukela encwadini yesayensi yezingcaphuno, kufanele ugobe ngezimpondo. Ngizama nje ukukugcina uphapheme, lapha.

Imfundo

Abaphathi baqeqeshwa amasonto angu-11 eLackland Air Force Base eTexas. (I-Air Force ihola uhlelo lwezinja zokusebenza kulo lonke uMnyango Wezokuvikela.) Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yabo, le nkambo ihlanganisa izihloko ezifana nalezi:

Kanti futhi, uma uhlanganiswe phezulu, iqembu lesosha / inja kumele liqinisekiswe ngomsebenzi ngaphambi kokuba liqhubekele phambili, futhi liqinisekise kabusha ngonyaka. Isitifiketi sihlanganisa ukuqashelwa iphunga, ukusetshenziselwa okufanelekile kweziqhumane ze-"dummy" kanye nezidakamizwa ukugcina inja ebukhali, futhi ukuqhuba usesho lwezindawo ezihlukahlukene njenge "izimoto ... indawo yokudlala, imithwalo yempahla [ s] kanye nezindawo ezivulekile "(Umthethonqubo 190-12.)

Ukuze nje kucace, isitifiketi akuyona yonke ehlombe lezinja. Umthethonqubo usho ukuthi abaphethe bathola izigameko ezimbili - ithuba lokuqinisekisa ngezinja ezimbili - ngaphambi kokuhluleka kusho ukuthi uhlonywe ku-MOS.

Izitifiketi

I-Army Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) site ithi, "Ukuhlaziywa akukaqediwe ku-MOS 31K Ukusebenza Inja Yokuphatha," kodwa kunezitifiketi ezimbalwa zokufaka isitifiketi ezibalulwe kumaphosi ezempi ezaziyobonakala ziphela uma 'ungumphathi. I-Eastern States Working Working Association inikeza "isitifiketi esiphakathi kwezinga" sePolish Service Dog kanye ne-Explosive Detection. Ayikho isitifiketi esichazwe njengesibopho sezimali ze-Army noma i- GI ku-COOL, nakuba ngingaboni lutho kwiwebhusayithi ye-association yanoma yiziphi izimali zesitifiketi ngaphandle kwemali engu-$ 45 yokufaka isicelo sokuba ubulungu obusebenzayo.