{"id":6680,"date":"2024-03-26T13:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=6680"},"modified":"2024-03-26T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:12:46","slug":"dog-that-served-our-nation-is-reunited-with-its-former-air-force-handler-its-been-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=6680","title":{"rendered":"Dog that served our nation is reunited with its former Air Force handler: \u2018It\u2019s been a blessing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\"><u>Air Force staff sergeant<\/u><\/a>\u00a0has been reunited with his best friend for the holidays \u2014 and they\u2019ll now be together forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Alcala and his former military working dog, John, had been separated for over two years. As the 10-year-old German shepherd prepares for retirement, American Humane surprised the dog and his handler with a pre-holiday reunion in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\"><u>San Antonio, Texas<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the three years that Alcala was John\u2019s handler, the two formed a strong bond. They were separated in September 2021 when Alcala was reassigned to another base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=6683\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Readmore-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An\u00a0Air Force staff sergeant\u00a0has been reunited with his best friend for the holidays \u2014 and they\u2019ll now be together forever. U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Alcala and his former military working dog, John, had been separated for over two years. As the 10-year-old German shepherd prepares for retirement, American Humane surprised the dog and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=6680\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Dog that served our nation is reunited with its former Air Force handler: \u2018It\u2019s been a blessing\u2019&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6685,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680\/revisions\/6685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}