LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Members of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, celebrated the retirement of Cchico, a 47th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, Jan. 28, 2020. Cchico began his prestigious 10-year career at dog training school at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas on September 2010 and completed the 184 training days May 1, 2011. After graduation, he was assigned to the 47th SFS at Laughlin AFB and became certified military working dog.
While assigned to Laughlin, he deployed and provided 5,700 hours at home station and 560 hours while deployed of explosive detection and deterrence operations in Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait. Cchico also supported 12 security and diplomatic missions for the U.S. President and Vice President, Department of Homeland Security Secret Service, Mexico City and Dominican Republic.
Cchico’s accomplishments were many, but unrivaled by his detection accuracy rate of 98 percent.
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