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Air Force K-9 handler Tara Cummins and her military dog, Erika, were separated when Cummins got reassigned from a base in New Jersey to a base several states away in Texas

Fortuitous timing would not keep them separated for long

Soon after they separated, the military decided to retire Erika, and the canine’s former handler made sure to adopt her

Every dog has its day.

For Erika, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, her good fortune came when she was reunited with her former Air Force K-9 handler of nearly two years.

The military dog and Technical Sergeant (TSgt.) Tara Cummins were separated in July when Cummins got reassigned from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

The separation came after the pair completed numerous nat

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