LOYALTY.......Hawkeye, still watching over his SEAL

[Lisa 23]

Just received this in an email from a friend of mine.
Talk about a mans best friend.....words are not enough here......


Navy Seal Jon Tumilson's funeral yesterday, his trusted canine friend Hawkeye guarded him one last time.

[Kenneth Havelka]

WOW !!! That picture is worth a thousand words.

[Wyoming]

Powerful. Thanks Lisa.

[Lisa 23]

Leaves you speechless, doesn't it.......

[USMCmailman]

The only thing on Earth as loyal as a dog is the Marine on either side of you when TSHTF !

[hbharrison]

Leaves you speechless, doesn't it.......

And then some, can put it in words.

[Lisa 23]

At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan


Jon Tumilson, a Navy SEAL, was one of 30 Americans killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 when a rocket-propelled grenade took out a U.S. Chinook helicopter. He was mourned at a service in Rockford, Iowa, attended by 1,500 family members, friends--and Hawkeye, Tumilson's dog.

The Labrador retriever was such an important part of Tumilson's life that the friends and family of the San Diego resident called the dog his "son."

When Tumilson's friend Scott Nichols walked to the front of the room to speak, Hawkeye followed, Today.com reports. "As Nichols prepared to memorialize his friend, Hawkeye dutifully laid down near the casket," Scott Stump writes.

A video clip of the mourning dog can be seen here.

The photo on the right was taken by Tumilson's cousin, Lisa Pembleton, and posted on Facebook. Pembleton wrote on her Facebook page, "To say that he was an amazing man doesn't do him justice. The loss of Jon to his family, military family, and friends is immeasurable."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...175219915.html

[MarinesFTW]

Saw this earlier, damn bug flew in my eye and made me tear up alittle.

[pocatellodave]

Ya I had a couple of bugs fly in my eyes as well!