Major Brian Dennis was serving in Iraq when a local dog took up with
him. The dog’s ears had been cut off when it was a pup so Major Dennis
named him Nub. Nub came around for months and obviously liked hanging
out with the Marines.
One day Major Dennis found a deep puncture wound on Nub. It had been
inflicted on Nub with a screwdriver. Dennis and the other Marines
nursed Nub back to health. No wonder Nubs loves his Marines and was willing to do whatever he had to do to find them when their unit was relocated …..
Major Brian Dennis, while serving in Iraq, found a dog who had his ears cut off as a pup and named the little guy nubs.
Over a period of months, the animal came around, befriending Dennis
and his fellow Marines. During one visit, Dennis found Nubs with a deep
puncture wound on his left side. He later learned the injury was
inflicted by a screwdriver. He helped nurse the dog back to health.
The time came, however, for Dennis’ unit to relocate 70 miles from
Nubs’ home fort. Keeping nubs was against the rules so he had to leave
the dog behind. As always, Nubs sprinted alongside the Hummers as they
pulled away for what Dennis assumed was the last time he would see the
dog.
Two days later, Nubs wandered inexplicably in below-freezing
conditions into Dennis’ new camp, shocking the Marine unit. “I won’t
even address the gauntlet he had to run of dog packs, wolves, and God
knows what else to get here,” Dennis wrote. “When he arrived he looked
like he’d just been through a war zone.”
Nubs’ miraculous journey forced the Marine’s hand, and Dennis and
his fellow Marines unanimously decided to keep the animal, building a
doghouse at the camp. When two military
police officers told Dennis the dog could not stay at the camp, he
decided the only way to properly keep the animal was to get it to the
United States.
After raising money and setting up a home with a friend back in the states, Nubs will arrive in the US this weekend.
