From 1972 to 1973, I served with my canine partner, TIKI, at the U-Tapao USAF Base in Thailand. The only major incident during our time there was when a heavily damaged B-52 from Guam crashed north of the base while attempting to land, with only the co-pilot surviving. TIKI and I patrolled inside the fenceline, protecting military personnel, the air base, B-52s, and supporting aircraft. This was always during the midnight shift. The area about the size of two football fields was our kelo post as we would rotate each night to a new kilo post (Kilo was a radio callsign, short for K-9 Post.