LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TX - Nkhondo ya asilikali a David Rolfe yapita ku agalu.
Monga woyang'anira Dipatimenti Yachilengedwe ya Military Working Dog Program yomwe ili pano, Rolfe ndi ogwira ntchito ake ali ndi udindo wathanzi ndi umoyo wa anthu ena osagwirizana kwambiri ndi ankhondo: agalu pafupifupi 2,300 ogwira ntchito.
Agaluzi, pamodzi ndi othandizira awo ku ntchito zonse za usilikali, akugwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse kuthandizira nkhondo yowopsya, kuthandiza kuteteza zankhondo ndi ntchito ndi kupeza mabomba ndi mabomba ena asanatipweteke.
Ndikumva kovuta kuti fungo lachisanu ndi lachisanu likhale lolimba kuposa la munthu, agalu ogwira ntchito amatha kudziwa zochepa za mabomba kapena mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndikudziwitsidwa kuti alipo, Rolfe anafotokoza.
Koma pa nthawi imodzimodziyo, agalu ali ndi mphamvu zowonjezera mantha mu nkhanza mwa njira yomwe munthu - ngakhale atakhala ndi zida - nthawi zambiri sangathe, ndipo adzateteza omuthandiza mpaka mapeto. "Anthu amawona galu ndipo sakufuna kusokoneza," anatero Staff Sgt. Andrew Mier, mphunzitsi wa galu wogwira ntchito amene watumiza kumadzulo chakumadzulo ku Asia katatu monga wothandizira - kawiri ku Saudi Arabia ndipo kamodzi ku Qatar. "Galu amachititsa kuti munthu asamangoganizira kwambiri za maganizo."
Ambiri a agalu ogwira ntchito ku Germany ali abusa a Chijeremani ndi a Dutch, ndipo mabungwe a ku Belgian Malinois amamveka kuti "ndi okwiya kwambiri, ochenjera kwambiri, okhulupirika kwambiri komanso othamanga kwambiri."
"Tikuyembekeza zambiri mwa iwo kuti timawafuna kuti akhale amphamvu komanso othamanga," adatero. "Tikufuna galu wolemera kwambiri ndi zizoloŵezi zoopsa chifukwa ndi zomwe ntchitoyo ikufuna."
Agalu akhala akudziwika kuti ndi "ochulukitsa mphamvu" ndi asilikali ankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, Rolfe adati. Aroma anaika makola okhwima poyendetsa agalu awo, ndipo anawatumiza kuti adaniwo alumire ndi kudula adani awo.
Msilikali wa ku US wagwiritsa ntchito agalu ogwira ntchito kuyambira pa nkhondo ya Revolutionary, poyamba monga nyama zonyamulira, ndipo kenako, pofuna kugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri, monga kupha makoswe m'mayendedwe a nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lapansi, adatero.
Koma nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse inagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri agalu ogwira ntchito kuti athe kuthandiza asilikali . Msilikali wa ku United States anagwiritsa ntchito mayini oposa 10,000 omwe anaphunzitsidwa bwino, ambiri monga akazembe, koma ena monga oponya, nthumwi ndi owona zanga, Rolfe anafotokoza.
Masiku ano, agalu ogwira ntchito akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi asilikali a US ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan monga agalu oyendetsa zida ndi mabomba ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Agalu pafupi ndi 2,000 ogwira ntchito amapereka maofesi ofanana ku maziko a US ndi malo ogwira ntchito padziko lonse lapansi.
Pakalipano, ankhondo akuwonjezereka kudalira agalu ogwira ntchito. Asanafike pa 11 Septembala 2001, Rolfe adati magulu a chitetezo cha a Air Force anaphunzitsidwa agalu 200 ogwira ntchito pa chaka kwa Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo. Chiwerengero chimenecho chiposa 500, ndipo agalu ambiri amaphunzitsidwa ngati oyang'anira ndi bomb-sniffers.
Pulogalamu ya masiku 120 imaphunzitsa agalu kumvera kofunikira komanso luso lapamwamba kwambiri, monga momwe angagwirire ndi momwe angayankhire zinthu zina. Rolfe adati pulogalamu yoyamba yophunzitsidwa, yomwe yayendetsedwa ndi gulu la 341st Training Squadron, ikuchokera pa "mphoto zabwino" - zambiri mpira kapena toyirama osati chakudya.
"Taphunzira kale kuti chakudya chimagwira ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali chabe. Chimene galu akufuna kuti muchite ndicho kusewera nayo."
Agalu atalandira maphunziro awo oyambirira, mamembala a chitetezo cha 37 akuphunzitsa agalu ndi ophunzitsa awo kuti agwire ntchito limodzi. "Imodzi mwa zovuta kwambiri ndi kupeza wogwira ntchito kuti adziwe zomwe galu amamuonetsa," anatero Sgt Air Force Staff. Sean Luloffs, mlangizi ku sukuluyi.
"Koma kukhutira kwakukulu kukuyang'ana maguluwo akukweza ndikukwanitsa kuchita apamwamba, ndikudziwa kuti muli nawo mbali," adawonjezera Mier.
Ngakhale kuti Air Force imaphunzitsa agalu ogwira ntchito ndi asilikali awo, zida zankhondo zomwe zimagwira ntchito kuzungulira dziko zimawathandiza kukhala oyenerera kugwira ntchito ndikuchiza matenda awo.
Telemedicine, yotchuka kwambiri m'dera lachipatala, ikugwiritsidwa ntchito popereka chidziwitso kwa agalu ogwira ntchito zankhondo.
Army Maj Kelly Mann, yemwe ndi mkulu wa radiology ku Military Working Dog Programme ku Lackland Air Force Base. Komanso, Rolfe ndi antchito ake amagwiritsa ntchito chipatala chokwanira zogwirira ntchito ku Lackland.
Monga agalu ogwira ntchito amakhala ofunika kwambiri ku ntchito ya usilikali, ntchito ikuchitika kuti awathandize kuteteza adani. Rolfe akuyang'anira pulogalamu ya kafukufuku ndi chitukuko yomwe ikuyang'ana zida zankhondo zamagetsi ndi magetsi a agalu ogwira ntchito.
Palibe njira yabwino yopezera galu ku nkhanza za nyukiliya, zachilengedwe kapena mankhwala, anati. "Koma ndithudi chinachake chikuwoneka," adatero. Pakalipano, Walter Reed Institute of Research akuphunzira kugwiritsa ntchito mapiritsi omwe angathandize agalu ogwira ntchito kumagulu kuti apulumuke.
Kafukufuku akuyambanso kupanga "mphuno yachangu" yomwe ikhoza kubwereza galu - koma Rolfe akulosera kuti ndikutalika pamsewu. "Anthu ena amanena kuti zikhoza kukhala zaka 50 tisanakhale ndi mphuno yopangira galu," adatero.
Kuwonjezera apo, agalu ali ndi chinachake Rolfe anati makina mwina sadzatero: kukhulupirika kwakukulu ndi chikhumbo chokondweretsa. "Makina samasamala ngati atapeza chinachake," adatero Rolfe. "Koma galu akufuna kukondweretsa wothandizirayo. Galu adzapita kukafunafuna chinachake payekha pomwe makina sangathe."
Cholinga chake, akuti, "agalu ali ndi mtima - chinachake chomwe chimapangitsa iwo kukhala ofunika kwambiri ku nkhondo zathu."