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July 6, 2009

Meet the cutest Marine EVER

Above, Marine Staff Sgt. Steven Irvin playfully scowls at an 11-week-old female English bulldog during a media event in Castroville, Texas, to introduce the puppy as the latest to hold the position of U.S. Marine Corps Recruit. After an extensive search process, the puppy was chosen and will be sent off to boot camp in San Diego for training.

After, the puppy will be assigned a name and a rank and uniform much like its human counterparts. AP Photos/San Antonio Express-News, Kin Man Hui.

At left, the puppy rests in the hands of Marine Pfc. Brian Zuniga.

Posted by Jill Rosen at 9:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Dogs, dogs, dogs

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I'm sorry, but who would not simply melt at the site of that cute little soldier? I envision battle lines being crossed, weapons being dropped and men and women stopping to play with him...let's hope that's what happens!

Posted by: BeagleMom | July 6, 2009 10:05 AM

A Marine is NOT a soldier a Marine is a Marine a soldier is well just a soldier, ask a Marine they are special at least they think so, I couldn;t qualify for the Marine Corp my parents were married so I had to enlist in the Army

Posted by: Mike | July 24, 2009 7:59 PM

How hot is the service man holding that cute puppy?

Posted by: Stacy Edmonds | August 8, 2009 12:37 AM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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