Picture at fallen Navy SEAL's funeral.

[blueclown]

How sad is this...



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/dog-of-fallen-navy-seal-refuses-to-leave-casket_n_935707.html

The dog of fallen Navy SEAL Officer Jon Tumilson refused to leave his owner's casket at the officer's funeral earlier this week, Animal Planet reported.

Tumilson's cousin Lisa Pembleton captured the loyal pup, Hawkeye, resting alongside Tumilson's casket at the Rockford, Iowa ceremony.

KPBS reported that the former San Diego resident was killed in the Aug. 6th Chinook helicopter crash with 29 other American service members.

Pembleton contacted KPBS's Home Post publication with this statement:

"Hawkeye is/was his loyal "son". To say that he was an amazing man doesn't do him justice. The loss of Jon to his family, military family and friends is immeasurable. I hadn't planned on taking any pictures other than with family. However, from my seat at the funeral, I felt compelled to take one photo to share with family members that couldn't make it or couldn't see what I could from the aisle. This is that photo."

[krispos42]

1. K&R

damn damn damn :-(

[Booster]

2. Stupid, stupid wars. Stop them NOW.

[frylock]

3. that is positively heartwrenching..

i am seriously trying to hold it together here.

[FarLeftFist]

4. END THE F**KING WARS!

[blueclown]

22. +1

[Selatius]

5. Yet ... the war rages on, destroying more lives. nt

[Bigmack]

6. And this one....

Fucking waste of good people!

And their families...

[butterfly77]

28. This is what I thought of...

before I clicked the post ,so sad.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Just breaks my heart. :^(

[lonestarnot]

8. Fucking A.

That is so sad. :cry:

[flvegan]

9. Some pictures truly are worth 1,000 words.

This is one of them.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Or no words. Small sob.... nt

[amborin]

11. heartbreaking

[Bozita]

12. Dogs are something a lot more than property like a vase. Treat them legally in that focus.

I feel for that dog. And for Jon's family. And for his other friends.

I fucking hate war.

[burrowowl]

13. Sad!

How did the dog know?

[Historic NY]

20. Instinct..&....I know first hand.

The day I was being retired a co-worker (police K-9 handler) was tragically killed in a construction accident. His dog was always a bit high strung & only one other handler could get near him. On the day of his funeral they brought him & his car to the funeral home. The dog howled and whined the moment he saw his masters casket and was hard to hold onto at he church & cemetery where he wouldn't budge. I will never forget that sorrowful whine. The dog went on to serve in another dept. and has since passed himself. During the years he would be brought to the cemetery where he would circle the grave and lie down. Now both are gone re-united on some other plane.

[pinboy3niner]

21. A vet friend who served as a scout dog handler in Vietnam...

...told me that after going through 3, 4 or 5 handlers, a dog would no longer be useful for military duty--and often would even turn on a new handler and attack him.

It's common among human war vets (and other trauma survivors) who experience a sense of betrayal, loss and grief to manifest psychological 'survival' reactions that may include erecting emotional walls that keep others at a distance and avoid becoming emotionally close to anyone again--thus avoiding the overwhelming pain that can come with closeness followed by loss.

Even with a substantially less-deveped brain, indications that a dog may have similar instinctive, perhaps even primitive, psychological survival reactions--as well as the underlying sense of loss, grief and even betrayal--are not so surprising.

Anyone who comes home to find his or her dog suddenly excited and spit-licking happy at the return knows that dogs do develop deep attachments to humans. The possibility that the death of the dog's human companion is deeply felt by the dog--and even experienced as a loss that is extremely painful and even accompanied by psychological reactions--is not so far-fetched, at all.


R.I.P., Petty Officer Jon Tumilson. :patriot:


And best wishes for the future to his faithful companion, Hawkeye--may he also find healing and peace. :patriot:

[Hosnon]

14. Aw... this is why I love dogs so much. nt.

[roguevalley]

18. dog is god backwards

[Arugula Latte]

15. What a waste of life. nt

[ZombieHorde]

16. Sadly recommended. nt

[WCGreen]

17. I remember the last time I was really sick, two of the cat refused to

get out of my bed, they were laying on top of me and only left to eat and poop and come back to be with me...

Now some might say that this is just how cats are, but they sensed something was wrong.

Animals have a sense, a bond.

I feel for this guy and really want these wars to end.

So much carnage, so many heart breaks, so many tears....

[roguevalley]

19. there's a cat in a hospice that doesn't hang with anyone but just

before someone dies he goes and sits with them and purrs. animals know a lot.

[Dappleganger]

36. Cats do this to me too, as well as our doxies.

If I'm laid up in bed they'll pretty much surround my back.

[Beacool]

47. A coworker died over a year ago of tongue cancer.

She was only 44 and never smoked. Her illness and death came as a sad reality that life is precious and can be cut short at any time. Cynthia had a cat who she loved dearly. The cat was overweight and had trouble climbing the stairs. Cynthia's partner didn't like cats and the cat never went upstairs. When she was near the end and they sent her home, that cat managed to drag herself up the stairs and only left Cynthia's side to eat and use the litter box.

Animals are amazing.

:-(

[malaise]

23. Too sad - what a waste of people's lives

to enrich some oil goons and war profiteers.

:cry: :cry:

[Vinca]

24. One of the saddest things I've seen in a long time. Fucking unnecessary war.

[MissDeeds]

25. K&R

:cry: :cry:

[Glimmer of Hope]

26. Poor puppy.

[muffin1]

27. Heartbreaking

:cry:

[Wilms]

29. ^

[hamsterjill]

30. If this doesn't break your heart, nothing will.

Please, someone, tell me that the family is going to care of this dog! The fallen soldier would have wanted him to be taken care of!

I'm sure the family and friends realize this and will. The article just doesn't specifically address this.

[blueclown]

31. That is why they call dogs a man's best friend.

It is so true..

[driver8]

32. My son asked me last night why people say "a dog is a man's best friend."

This photo breaks my heart...

[onecent]

33. This photo breaks my heart also. Dammit why don't we end

the f***king wars???? Bring everyone home. From the looks of Hurricane Irene and potential earthquakes...maybe our government
will be forced to bring them all home We need them HERE...

[GiveMeFreedom]

34. I am a vet

so don't get me wrong. I would gladly share my dinner table with any veteran. I am horrified that these wars are now the longest in US history and have gained our nation little in securing our future. The corporation's futures however are what these wars have been all about, as far as I am concerned.

To Petty Officer 1st Class Jon Tumilson, I am sorry your life is not fulfilled, rest in peace. As always, a sailor, marine, soldier, air force, coast guard, are always too young when they make the ultimate sacrifice.

Hawkeye is loyal, more so than most humans have a capacity to do the same. I love dogs and I hope he finds a home that is free from danger and he lives his life happily, to its natural conclusion.

But reading some posts on Yahoo, about this funeral, one struck me as having so much truth, that it exposes the lies our government has been feeding us for years.

it read: "This dip-shit did not die defending his country, he died invading someone else's"

Now I know that Jon was following orders, Hell I did that myself. I went where and when my nation needed me, no questions asked. But that statement, as disrespectful as it is to the person who was Jon, it is in my opinion loaded with the truth that our government hides from us everyday.

[moodforaday]

35. More war propaganda

Self delete. GiveMeFreedom expressed pretty much what I meant to say, but in a much more respectful way than I managed.

[ThomWV]

37. He did not fall. He was killed in war. It wasn't sacrifice either, just unwarranted death.

[Alameda]

48. It was a sacrifice on his part.

It may have been misguided, but I have respect and admiration for him. He walked the walk for his beliefs...how about the rest of us? I hate the system that tricked him into doing it, but that isn't his fault. He died with honor.

[JohnnyBoots]

38. Our greatest and bravest, befriended by our loyalest God bless them all. NT

[upi402]

39. I hope BushCo all go to hell

please, please, PUHLEEZ! let there be a hell.

Because the war criminals are being protected and defended by my former political party at present.

[tex-wyo-dem]

40. This is heartwrentching...

:crying:

Can someone explain to me why the FUCK we are still in Afghanistan and ruining so many lives?

Oh, yeah...forgot the MIC has to take their pound of flesh, and keep taking, and taking, and taking.....

[rpannier]

41. Animals are amazing

When my mother passed away her dog howled all night.

[democrank]

42. ~PEACE~

[florida08]

43. The epitome of government

Obsessed with an empire. The innocent suffering while vultures count paper. How in the hell iis that worthy of respect.
As for Jon and Hawkeye :patriot:

[DeSwiss]

44. K&R n/t

[sce56]

45. Video was posted a couple of days ago!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7378247n
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/dog-of-fallen-navy-seal-refuses-to-leave-casket_n_935707.html

[Pakid]

46. This is why I love dogs

There love is unconditional. And that is a lesson that a good many people need to learn. May you both find peace.

[Beacool]

50. Amen

:-)

[Luciferous]

49. That poor dog...

[dana_b]

51. I know

I have tons of empathy for the family & friends but how do you comfort a dog?

[calimary]

52. This is just so sad. I'm getting teary-eyed just typing this.

Gotta love that dog. Poor thing! I hope someone is loving him up a LOT now.

And dick cheney still walks the earth, eating, drinking, smirking, selling books, having a nice life. And reeking of sulfur.

:mad: