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When special ops forces swooped into the remote Idlib province of Syria to capture or kill ISIS terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they had a four-legged specialist along for the mission.

The dog, a Belgian Malinois, played an important role in taking out al-Baghdadi, who ultimately blew up himself and three of his children, saving the U.S. Military a few rounds of ammunition.

 

Conan sustained minor injuries during the blast, but the Pentagon has revealed the dog is already back on the job.

According to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, The dog is still in theater. “The dog … performed a tremendous service as they all do in a variety of situations.”

Conan was “slightly wounded and fully recovering, but the dog is still in theater, returned to duty with its handler,” he added.

 

In an interesting twist – and par for the course in this gender-obsessed world — multiple sources, according to Newsweek, have said the dog is in fact a female.

Perhaps one day we’ll learn why she was named Conan. Pentagon sources also say she was named after Conan O’Brien, the fluffy-haired late night comedian, rather than Conan the Barbarian, the long-haired muscular warrior.

Yesterday, President Trump tweeted a photo of Conan, before her name was declassified and her gender revealed.

 

According to Newsweek, Working dogs have been a part of military culture dating back to World War I. Dogs typically are ranked as noncommissioned officers, a higher rank than the dog’s handler, and are routinely involved in high-level, special operation missions or assigned to conventional forces to find improvised explosives devices.

“The dog holds one rank higher than who’s handling them because that’s how valued they are as a team member,” Deborah Scranton, a filmmaker who directed the documentary War Dog: A Soldier’s Best Friend, told the Washington Examiner.

“That’s out of respect,” Army Sgt. 1st Class Regina Johnson, operations superintendent at the Military Working Dog School, told Linda Crippen of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. “I see it all the time, especially in these young handlers. They make the mistake of thinking they’re actually in charge. You’ve got to tell them, ‘Hold up. That dog has trained 100 students. That dog is trying to tell you something.’ I think the tradition grew out of a few handlers recognizing the dog as their partner.“

 

A smaller version of a German shepherd, the stocky Belgian Malinois is ideal for parachuting and fast-roping out of aircraft. Its shorter coat makes it well-suited for hot desert environments. And in fact, the Belgian Malinois has played such an important role in recent conflicts, it’s featured in a bronze statue at the Special Operations Force Dog Memorial in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

 

Can we all agree Conan is one tough bitch?

 

 

 

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