A new $15 million veterinary hospital opened this week at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio to provide advanced medical treatment for dogs wounded in combat. There are currently about 2,500 dogs working in all branches of the military to find explosive devices, drugs, and land mines. Dogs injured in Iraq or Afghanistan will be flown to what the hospital's director calls "the Walter Reed of the veterinary world." The new facility includes operating rooms, an intensive care unit, and rehab rooms with underwater treadmills. Dogs usually return to combat after treatment, but retire at the age of 10, at which point the military tries to adopt them out and "station them at Fort Living Room." [AP]