European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 watch out if that narc has a bark Safti Tom Grey works normally docile Sado into a belligerent photo by so Buchtler by Mike Spear staff writer he main Germany Sis the drove award the front Gale of the he had an uneasy some to Dpi warning him Ihal at was not Tel Lial did someone know some Kcf had someone been tipped or was it his imagination would it be just another routine entry to the base like the hundreds of others hed made in the past year there was no real reason to believe it would be there were the Gale guards As one standing in his Lane to Check the Driver got his id card out of his pocket and car his hand Shook a bit fam snoopy should really be his name Leblanc and Sados pose tit us Gate to be inlaid up Ullh a test package of Bas Ebai As he held the becoming Mure he considered turning around and heading away from the ii would cause a stir hut would give him time but he had come through the Gate so Many times and nothing had he eased the car Forward again As the car in front of him began to move his eyes searched looking Cor some thing that want he saw the Security police pickup parked behind the it was Usu ally nothing strange about but what was that on the Back of it it looked like a Large Metal Box with air holes All Over dogs that was sentry he had never seen them near the Gate but it was too he was too he  turn around he tried to Over come his panic As he halted the car beside the when he held his id card out he steadied his shaking hand on the car window then the senior airman Ron numbed him with fear were conducting a routine narcotics Check and we request pc Iii Sion to search your for a moment he wondered if he should Jam the accelerator Down and gel the hell out of he might get he feigned As much nonchalance As he could Muster and said in a strained voice help he opened the car trunk and stepped Back As Stuart Leblanc brought a narcotics sniffing dog named Sado up and began to go Over it Sado knew what he was he sniffed All around the Side of the in the wheel Wells and in the Sado found it in the he indicated this by scratch ing with his the dogs Are trained to scratch when they find immediately a Security policeman took him by the Arm while another read him his Bui he scarcely he was thinking about other things jails and Why had he been stupid enough to try to bring narcotics onto the this scene was enacted Here to Demon Strate How effectively the narcotic sniff ing dogs the narcotics hash in this Fuff was put into the car by Security police to show How quickly the dogs would it is a scene thai could occur for real Here because dogs Are now checking cars daily As they enter the its the first Lime the air Force has used dogs and the which Are trained for patrol narcotics detection and As guards during Money add a new dimension to base ill usually try to work the Gate for at least 30 minutes each said airman Ike who handles a dog named ill work the Gale Al a different Lime each night and Leblanc will work it during the Leblanc and Crudup and their dogs Are assigned Here temporarily while a cols Are being made to get permanent dogs and dog handlers stationed two men Are now training As dog handlers at Lackland san when they return Here in late March with their Leblanc and Crudup and their two dogs will return to their Home base Al an Drews along with the arrival of the the 435lh Security police so has gotten a new facility for its dogs and it includes an eight room building with Kitch isolation a veterinarian examination room and storage adjoining the building Are six Kennel runs and nearby is a dog exercise since the late 1960s the concept of the sentry dog has changed according to Tom who is in charge of the the dogs now have greater versatility and Are trained differ he these dogs different turn off quickly these dogs do everything from regular like in the housing to sniffing out narcotics and bombs in buildings or in he they also work As escorts with people transporting like at the the dogs used now Are different in tem Oljey turn on and turn off Gray he pointed out that during an attack the dog will be vicious while attacking and gelling ready for the but immediately after being called the animal is docile and Friendly dogs we rent like that under the old Gray you  be that Friendly with the two dogs Here now Are narcotics sniffers but a bomb sniffing dog will be arriving the bomb rather than scratch As the narcotics sniffer simply slops and sits near the new Kennel facilities also Are used by the army 42nd military police croup i the detachment currently has a terrier named Coffee to sniff out drugs at the Mac terminal and in the army postal facility at Frankfurt International