Keywords: Best Friends to the End (6963905682).jpg Yeager an improvised explosive device detection dog lies in front of a battlefield cross as Staff Sgt Derick Clark a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company 2nd Battalion 9th Marine Regiment and 26-year-old native of Hillsdale Mich and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Dale Reeves a kennel officer in charge with 2nd Bn 9th Marines and 41-year-old native of Mt Pleasant S C observe a moment of silence in honor of Lance Cpl Abraham Tarwoe a dog handler and mortarman who served with Weapons Company 2nd Bn 9th Marines during a memorial service here April 22 2012 Tarwoe who became Yeager's handler in July 2011 was killed in action during a dismounted patrol in support of combat operations in Helmand province's Marjah district April 12 Tarwoe's fellow Marines remember him for his contagious laughter and smile and his unfaltering courage on the battlefield U S Marine Corps photo by Cpl Alfred V Lopez https //www flickr com/photos/marine_corps/6963905682/ Best Friends to the End 2010-06-18 14 26 https //www flickr com/people/40927340 N03 Marines from Arlington VA United States PD-USGov United States Marine Corps Official Page https //flickr com/photos/40927340 N03/6963905682 2016-09-03 23 33 27 United States Government Work United States Marine Corps in the War in Afghanistan 2001-present M16 rifle Soldier's Cross 2nd Battalion 9th Marines Military working dogs |