Consider the following

I kinda thought military dogs mostly used their noses, what's the point of this do you know?

I mostly use my eyes, but I still learned what our weapons sound like compared to the enemies. Full spectrum training in realistic conditions is the indisputably best way to maintain readiness. Likely this is just that knowledge extrapolated onto dogs, who are usually more of an investment than the soldiers they run with.

First two figures I came across was $18K to bring a soldier through basic training and $50K to procure, train and deliver a military working dog but I assume specialist training would add to the soldier's overall training cost. Still, a dog and what it's unique abilities bring to the party is a relative bargain especially considering no salary and extremely basic room and board.

People still buy into that narrative?

And you? Into the "spreading freedom" and "defending the US"?