POM: The Story of Graham Ellis, Former Explosive Detection Dog Handler, High Risk Search and Explosive Detection Team - Episode 2
Virtus House Kennel KastShow Notes
In the second episode of our ‘POM: The Story of Graham Ellis, Former Explosive Detection Dog Handler, High-Risk Search and Explosive Detection Team’ podcast series, Graham speaks with Jason about his deployment to the Solomon Islands, heartbreaking and deadly training restrictions, his first deployment to Afghanistan as part of the Reconstruction Task Force and the heavy burden of doing his job right to save lives.
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