Maj. Matt Takara, 51st Medical Detachment, chief medical consultant for Iraqi theater Military working dogs, discusses a technique with Baghdad Police College Military Working Dog veterinarians during a tumor extraction procedure at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 28. The U.S. Army veterinarians at Balad were training two host-nation veterinarians on the ins-and-outs of small animal medicine from June 28 to July 2.