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Bass: the MARSOC Belgian Malinois awarded the Dickin Medal

2019 Afghanistan / Iraq / Somalia
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Bass was a U.S. Marine Forces Special Operations Command Belgian Malinois whose deployments included Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia; he received the PDSA Dickin Medal after retirement.

Afghanistan / Iraq / Somalia

PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the dog. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating the award; this is not a photograph of the dog. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

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Bass served with U.S. Marine Forces Special Operations Command and deployed to multiple conflict zones.

The archive records only publicly verifiable service and award details, with the medal image clearly labeled.

Bass is archived because modern military working-dog stories often require both recognition and strict evidence boundaries.

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