Geri, a patrol and explosive detector dog assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron,cuddles with his handler Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, 447th ESFS military working dog handler, after a long day of patrolling the Sather Air Base perimeter in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass.