Bomb sniffing Labs train with Marine handlers in South Carolina
In Darlington County, 40 Labrador retrievers and their Marine handlers begin IED detection training ahead of Afghanistan deployments. The dogs, valued around 10000 to 50000 dollars per unit, include Dixie and Buck, with crews learning signals and off leash work for battlefield bomb searches amid rising IED incidents and new contracts to expand the program.
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Vena
Darlington County
Afghanistan
Liberia
Midwest
Mathew
Dixie
al-Qaida
South Carolina
Hartsville
Shaw Air Force Base
Iraq
Richard McDonald
McDonald
Auburn University
Tar
Buck
Service dogs aid soldiers with injuries trained at Charleston brig
Marine Sgt. Brian Jarrell credits his new service dog trained at the Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston with easing posttraumatic stress from Iraq. The first brig trained dog, Jada, a labrador mix, joined after relocation from Camp LeJeune.
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Brian Jarrell
Iraq
Post and Courier
Naval Consolidated
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Jarrell
Jada
Civil War talk on Sullivans Island previews Fort Sumter era
AP reports on a Fort Moultrie discussion about Civil War fortifications and events before the fighting began as South Carolina prepares for the 150th anniversary. The briefing notes Confederate actions at Fort Sumter and frames the observance timeline. Bluffton festival Music to Your Mouth winds down with 5K run oyster roast and Gail Simmons demos. proceeds benefit Second Helpings.
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Fort Moultrie
Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Charleston
South Carolina
Carolina Coast
Palmetto Bluff
Bluffton
Gail Simmons
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Retirees Group Eyes Health Care and Budget Plans
Community activists in Columbia hold a public round table on retirees issues while the SC Alliance for Retired Americans meets for its annual convention. Agenda covers health care and the January legislative session with participants including State Rep. Joe Neal and Frank Knapp of the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce.
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Columbia
South Carolina
S.C. Alliance For
Julie Harbin
Joe Neal
Frank Knapp
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SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce
Clemson Names New Manager for Musser Fruit Research Center
Jeff Hopkins will lead Clemson University Musser Fruit Research Center in Seneca. The 240 acre site grows peaches and other fruit crops with a lab on site. Hopkins earned a bachelor’s in agricultural environmental technology from North Carolina State University before a yearlong internship in Ethiopia at an elevation above 7,000 feet.
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Clemson University
South Carolina
Ethiopia
Jeff Hopkins
Clemson
Musser
Seneca
Hopkins
North Carolina State University
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