Were hoping that our veterans will get to spend time with families and wish you a reflective and restful holiday weekend. Leland you wont get spend time with your family, but youll get to spend time with awesome americans over on the National Mall. Leland indeed. The more people you talk to over here who have the personal sacrifices of either friends or family who have given the last measure of devotion, you realize over the years, from the civil war, to world war ii, to vietnam, there were so many more americans who personally experienced a loss of giving a loved one for their country, for our freedoms, and now entering into the longest war of iraq and afghanistan, there are fewer and fewer americans, thankfully, who have had to experience that grief and that loss and were going to delve a little bit into what America Needs to remember, what the names on this wall represent, what lessons on this wall are so important to take through the next generation of americans, gillian. Gillian t
absolutely. they pick up a lot of items, someone with back injury, really helpful to have a dog be able to pick that up for you instead of bending over, they can pull people in wheelchairs, turn on the lights, open bridges, closed doors, so leland: is support dogs just for ptsd or also the more advanced training where they are getting into not just being a companion but also assist that you described? absolutely, yes, we placed mobility service dog as well as psychiatric service dog and we also offer services, k9, assisted warrior therapy which is inviting veterans going through treatment, therapeutic activity to help someone else. leland: i will bring in gillian turner, she s desperate that she hasn t been able to participate in dog segment. we will see her smile. you want to do something for us, come on buddy.