Liz, a military working dog with the 437th Security Forces Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., was retired from the service June 10 during a ceremony at the base. During her 10 years of service, she participated in a multitude of temporary duty assignments that took her to Greece, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. She also went on seven Secret Service and Department of State missions to protect President Bush and President Clinton.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.