War Dogs Podcast

by Tom Shambo

During the Vietnam War, over 500 sentry dogs and their handlers patrolled along the parameters of United States Air Forces Bases...these are their stories.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • John "Doc" Levi

    John "Doc" Levi

    In this special episode of War Dogs, Tom Shambo interviews 1950 Korean War Vet, John "Doc" Levi.

  • Kody Rowlette

    Kody Rowlette

    Security Forces K9 at United States Air Force

  • Monty Moore

    Monty Moore

    Monty's extraordinary Military Working Dog (MWD) service and training expertise spanned numerous years of overseas tours - 2 tours as a sentry dog handler at Da Nang and Phu Cat Air Bases, Vietnam; NCOIC, Drug Detector Dog Section, and senior MWD trainer, Clark Air Base, Philippines; his last overseas tour, he was NCOIC, PACAF Military Working Dog Training Center, Okinawa, Japan. Additional Stateside assignments included Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota; Kelly Air Force Base, Texas; instructor duty at the Military Working Dog Studies Branch, Medina Air Force Base, Texas; Kennelmaster, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; and, MWD trainer and Law Enforcement Flight Chief, Andrews Air Force, Washington, DC. He retired from Air Force active duty with 20 years of service. He continued in law enforcement as a U.S. Special Deputy Marshal, at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC; federal police officer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia; and, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Ron Aiello

    Ron Aiello

    Ron Aiello is a U.S Marine Scout Dog handler who served in Vietnam.

  • Ernest Ayala

    Ernest Ayala

    Ernest served from 1967-1969 in Ta Nang, Long Binh, and Phouoc Binh