When soldier Caleb French returned from Afghanistan, he was missing one important person in his life: his four-legged friend Pongo.
The pair had trained together for four months back in 2013 and had built an unbreakable bond. Unfortunately, the Army stopped the program right as French was sent to Afghanistan. Pongo ended up in a kennel.
"We were together almost 10 hours a day, five to six days a week, and one night a week we'd have to stay at the kennels, so I was with him a lot. When I was told I wasn't going to be able to deploy with him, that was it. I never thought I'd see him again," French told WWMT.
When French returned home, he began his search for Pongo. Thanks to the War Dogs Association and Mission K-9 Rescue, the soldier originally from Kalamazoo reunited with his retired bomb sniffing dog this week. The heartwarming reunion was all captured on camera — and it's like they were never apart. There’s no doubt Pongo will have a long, spoiled life with French!
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