Military K-9 retires after eight-year police career

One of Camp Pendleton’s oldest police K-9’s retired Jan 19, after spending eight years protecting the base.

Marine dog handlers across the base said their goodbyes to Benny, who has deployed to Iraq three times and conducted thousands of search and patrol missions on base.

“I am not going to miss Benny at all,” said Cpl. Jason A. Guthrie, Benny’s handler and Camp Pendleton military police officer. “That’s because he is going to be mine.”

Guthrie requested to adopt Benny after hearing news of his approaching retirement.

Benny isn’t the only one leaving the Corps. Guthrie will join him after his...