Peter Pero served in Iraq while his wife, Anna, faithfully awaited his return home in California. Scar, now calls Indio, California his home too. He was a stray dog roaming the battlefield of Iraq and saved Peter's life when he was deployed there. A very happy end for all is that they are together in land where peace, love and harmony still exist.

This is an amazing story that came out of a war. In Afghanistan 3 dogs saved the lives of 50 men. As a result, two of these dogs were brought home to live with the soldiers that they saved. Some of our men stationed in Afghanistan made friends with some dogs that were living on the street. Later on, when a suicide bomber tried to sneak inside their camp, these dogs alerted the soldiers to their presence, thus saving their lives. It is to show that dogs don't take sides, they just behave as humans should. These dogs are truly the best friend that these men could get!

Sgt. Paul Cusack, an Army Ranger at Joint Lewis-McChord gets a medal for valor and bravery outside his service in battlefield. But still his experience last April was similar to a war zone. During the marathon held in Boston, about at the finish line, two pressure- cooler bombs exploded and rocked the crowd. Suddenly the street was jam-packed with wounded and injured people, some lost their body parts and were all shocked. Sgt. Paul Cusack, with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment had just reached the 26.2 mile race. With his instinct and readiness, he immediately ran toward the scene and helped the wounded and bombing incident victims instead of securing his own safety. He helped in giving the victims first aid and calming down the people and getting them out from the scene and bringing them to a safe place. "He worked and moved quickly as much as possible to save many lives" said Piek. For his heroism, the Army will award Sgt. Cusack a Soldier's Medal at a ceremony at JBLM.

These guys were already putting their lives in danger to protect their country. On top of that they also went out of their way to help save one of our little friends that was in trouble. They heard it crying from a ditch and stopped to take a look. When the soldiers looked a little deeper they discovered a kitten who was in need of a helping hand. You can see that these guys are heroes in more ways than one.