Injured in the line of duty? First responders train to treat police K-9s

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Jason Howe was at sea emotionally in 2016. Back in Maine after splitting up with his wife, the former Navy military policeman said he grappled with PTSD and health issues. “I had gone through some struggles, I was self-medicating and hibernating,” said Howe, a Gardiner native. “I didn’t want to live and didn’t want to do anything. ” Then he ran into a friend who had been in the Air Force and had a service dog. The friend explained that he got the dog and extensive training through K9s dog training maine on the Front Line, a nonprofit formed in Maine four years ago to pair veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries with service dogs who can render physical and emotional aid. That appealed to Howe, who had worked with dogs at times while in the military. Howe had joined the Navy in 2002 and during his five years in the service went to some difficult places, including the Guantanamo Bay detention camp for terrorists. “That was pretty rough,” he said, given the hostility between the detainees and the guards.

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