Three-year-old black Labrador, Sgt. 1st Class Budge, an animal assisted therapy dog, with 528th Medical Detachment out of Fort Bragg, N.C., eagerly looks forward to start the day as Sgt. Roselind Velez, a mental health specialist, native to Standford, Conn., puts on his leash to take him out on his daily walk to visit units on Forward Operating Bases Marez and Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq.