Marine, dog reunited in surprise ceremony

[progree]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home

...

The 25-year-old learned Casey had finished her military service and had been sent to the Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office, where she was used to detect explosives.

Gundlach wrote to State Fire Marshal Director Ray Reynolds, explaining the connection he felt with the dog. He even has a tattoo on his right forearm depicting Casey with angel wings and a halo, sitting at the foot of a Marine.
"He's been putting a case together for the last two months, sending me pictures ... it just tugged on your heart," Reynolds said.

Reynolds decided to arrange a surprise. ... There, hundreds of law enforcement officers, military personnel and civilians were seated, keeping the secret

More: http://news.yahoo.com/marine-dog-reunited-surprise-ceremony-205112134.html

[MADem]

1. Good dog! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That's a beautiful story!

I'm really glad they're together again, and now it's for keeps.

Yay!

[marzipanni]

3. There are some really kind people in this story

I love how they worked together to get Casey for Ross.

[progree]

4. Yup. Thanks for providing incentive for people to read the whole story...

and see another photo

http://news.yahoo.com/marine-dog-reunited-surprise-ceremony-205112134.html

[RILib]

5. subject for Hitlerian post software

[link:http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i5StS4RlHQd0OusK6XQIPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0xMDI0O3E9Nzk7dz03Mzk-/|

[lunatica]

6. What a wonderful story!

By the way your link doesn't work.

[RILib]

7. the photo shows up

I have not deduced the link stuff. The link is to make the photo appear but it always leaves stuff visible as well.

[progree]

8. Here's a way to get rid of the linky stuff, FWIW

My link in the OP looked like this originally (except replace the httq with http at both the beginning of the green and the beginning of the red)

[font color=green]httq://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xoDd3.3lcRbOz3eqbSuw_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzE3OTtjcj0xO2N3PTI0MTY7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTI1MTtxPTg1O3c9MTkw/[/font]
[font color=red]httq://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/961133128d362210320f6a70670042a2.jpg[/font]

Notice how it is in 2 parts. When I used the above link, (again using http instead of httq in both places) it looked like yours -- the green part showed, than the photo.

I got rid of the green part, leaving only the red part, and then it showed the photo without any linky stuff showing.

I often see "double URLs" like this where one part forwards to the other part.

Oh, I also didn't have the "{link:" thing in front (but with a square bracket instead of a brace), I almost never do -- I think that's only for if you want to have your hyperlink show up as underlined blue text of your choosing, e.g. something that looks like this: click here to go to Democratic Underground

[Moondog]

9. Hooo-rah!

And a special thanks to the Iowa State Fire Marshal, and the Iowa Elk's Association for making it possible.