America's Bravest DogsHow special operations canines –like the one who helped track down Osama Bin Laden – are used in combat

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The dog on the Bin Laden mission was most likely a Belgian Malinois or a German shepherd, says a contractor who has worked alongside U.S. special warfare troops. "If it were a shepherd, it would have been a smaller canine – probably a female," the contractor said.