Military Working Dog Yyoda retires after nine years of service.
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
After nine years of service, explosive detection Military Working Dog, Yyoda/P195, honorably retires from the military, September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Yyoda began his training as a MWD in San Antonio, Texas, in 2010. After graduating from bomb school on June 18, 2010, Yyoda was assigned to his first duty station at Altus AFB. Yyoda has been assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing for nine years and has excelled in his profession of explosive detection. Yyoda is now going to live with his previous handler, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Boren, a MWD handler assigned to the 647th Security Forces Squadron, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii – a true retirement destination. Since Ashley was not able to make the ceremony herself, her parents, Robin and Kim Boren, were handed Yyoda’s leash during the ceremony and will be flying with Yyoda to Hawaii so he can be with his new owner. After the retirement ceremony, Yyoda received his first bone in celebration of nine years of excellent service to his country.
By Airman 1st Class Breanna Klemm, 97 AMW Public Affairs / Published September 12, 2019
U.S. Air Force Maj Nathaniel Lesher, the 97th Security Forces Squadron Commander, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Humphreys, a Military Working Dog Handler, pose for a photo with Yyoda/P195, an explosive detection MWD, September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Yyoda has been assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing for nine years and has excelled in his profession of explosive detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallin Wrye)
U.S. Air Force Maj Nathaniel Lesher, the 97th Security Forces Squadron Commander, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Humphreys, a Military Working Dog Handler, hands Yyoda/P195, an explosive detection MWD, his official military retirement paperwork on September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Yyoda began his training as a MWD in San Antonio, Texas, in 2010. After graduating from bomb school on June 18, 2010, Yyoda was assigned his first duty at Altus AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallin Wrye)
Yyoda/P195, a U.S. Air Force ret. explosive detection Military Working Dog, chews on his first bone on September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. After the retirement ceremony, Yyoda received his first bone in celebration of nine years of excellent service to his country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallin Wrye)
U.S. Air Force Maj Nathaniel Lesher, the 97th Security Forces Squadron Commander, hands Yyoda’s leash to Robin Boren, father of Yyoda’s new owner on September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Yyoda, a U.S. Air Force ret. explosive detection Military Working Dog, is now going to live with his previous handler, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Boren, a MWD handler assigned to the 647th Security Forces Squadron, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallin Wrye)
Kim and Robin Boren sit with Yyoda/P195, a U.S. Air Force ret. explosive detection Military Working Dogs, after his retirement ceremony on September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Since Yyoda’s new owner was not able to make the ceremony herself, her parents, Robin and Kim, handed over Yyoda during the ceremony and will be flying with Yyoda to Hawaii so he can be with his new owner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallin Wrye)
