Nub and Major Brian Dennis
Major Brian Dennis was serving in Iraq when a local dog took up with him. The dog’s ears had been cut off when it was a pup so Major Dennis named him Nub. Nub came around for months and obviously liked hanging out with the Marines. One day Major Dennis found a deep puncture wound on Nub. It had been inflicted on Nub with a screwdriver. Dennis and the other Marines nursed Nub back to health. No wonder Nubs loves his Marines and was willing to do whatever he had to do to find them when their unit was relocated …..
Major Brian Dennis, while serving in Iraq, found a dog who had his ears cut off as a pup and named the little guy nubs.
Over a period of months, the animal came around, befriending Dennis and his fellow Marines. During one visit, Dennis found Nubs with a deep puncture wound on his left side. He later learned the injury was inflicted by a screwdriver. He helped nurse the dog back to health.
The time came, however, for Dennis’ unit to relocate 70 miles from Nubs’ home fort. Keeping nubs was against the rules so he had to leave the dog behind. As always, Nubs sprinted alongside the Hummers as they pulled away for what Dennis assumed was the last time he would see the dog.
Two days later, Nubs wandered inexplicably in below-freezing conditions into Dennis’ new camp, shocking the Marine unit. “I won’t even address the gauntlet he had to run of dog packs, wolves, and God knows what else to get here,” Dennis wrote. “When he arrived he looked like he’d just been through a war zone.”
Nubs’ miraculous journey forced the Marine’s hand, and Dennis and his fellow Marines unanimously decided to keep the animal, building a doghouse at the camp. When two military police officers told Dennis the dog could not stay at the camp, he decided the only way to properly keep the animal was to get it to the United States.
After raising money and setting up a home with a friend back in the states, Nubs will arrive in the US this weekend.
Read the rest of the story here.
March 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
So…dogs are worth more then Iraqis? They kill humans but still love dogs?
How does this influence the ACTUAL YOUTUBE videos of marines killing puppys (throwing them off cliffs), raping/killing women in front of families, and other such atrocities? This article made me sick…
it does not take the “sting” out for me justinjoeindenver….just makes me even more disgusted at the feel good stories that muffle out the daily horror of a colonialist occupation for nothing but lies….and oil…
March 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Thank you Hanna….for reminding me I am not alone in my analysis of this shit…
March 16th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Why bring him home? They could have used him to terrorise prisoners in Abu Ghraib! What a waste of money. Let’s not bother helping out all the orphans this useless “war” has created, they can just rot.
March 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Thanks for restoring my faith in humanity and military personnel. Nice to see articles about normal people.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Whoever said eating dogs is barbaric is quite ignorant. Cultures that eat dogs have been doing so for vast amounts of time, even before domesticated dogs were even around. Just because one culture thinks something is utterly wrong and disgusting, it doesn’t mean it’s “wrong”. Ignorant people are making this world worse and worse.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I wonder how many Iraqi civilians he slaughtered while rescuing the dog. That’s pretty much all those societal dregs do over there.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Aren’t you the brave one ‘anonymous’. You make these outlandish statements about the men serving in our military and you don’t even have the guts to sign your name to a comment on the internet. Go sit in the corner and suck your thumb. Men are fighting to keep you safe.
March 16th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
those fuckers wouldn’t let him keep the dog.
fuck the marines.
March 16th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Oh American troops! they are so nice! FUCKING ASSHOLES, just google David Motari and you´ll feel proud of your fucking uneducated redneck marines. I think this guy is the only one that deserves my respect
March 17th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Great Story, too bad there are those responding who forget who allows them the FREEDOM to respond as they do. My deepest thanks to all those who have and are serving in the armed forces. It is men and women like you, that give me the freedom to ignore idiots……….