A U.S. sailor stationed in the Middle East for 251 days returned to find his dog had been given away by a family member who agreed to look after it.

The Virginia resident, Paulo Silva, who spent his deployment on the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier battling Yemen’s Houthi Rebels, took to social media for help.

In a post that has since been revised, the New Jersey resident wrote that he had been given no choice in the matter and that the person left in charge of his beloved hound said nothing about the dog’s rehoming during his regular calls home.

With the help of local law enforcement, he reunited with his Golden Retriever, Archie, on June 5, but not without things getting heated.

‘At no point was I told about it,’ Silva said

“While I was away, something happened that I was completel

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