MWD Riko retires after 5 years of service U.S. Air Force Logo Oct. 13, 2023 231011-F-PJ020-1061 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Glenn Bowersox, 374th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) commander, left, Riko, a retired military working dog and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bailey Hodgson, 374th SFS military working dog handler, pose for a photo during Riko's retirement ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 11, 2023. Hodgson began working as Riko's handler in December 2022 and is now Riko's owner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Slater) Details Download 231011-F-PJ020-1072 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bailey Hodgson, 374th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog handler, offers dog ice cream to Riko, a retired military working dog, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 11, 2023. Riko retired from the 374th SFS after five years of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Slater) Details Download 231011-F-PJ020-1078 Riko, a retired military working dog, wears his retirement patch at his retirement ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 11, 2023. Riko was certified in patrol, narcotics and detection as a military working dog. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Slater) Details Download 231011-F-PJ020-1093 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bailey Hodgson, 374th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, watches as Riko, a retired military working dog, reaches out for toys at his retirement ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 11, 2023. Riko's military service began at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, before he arrived at Yokota in 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Slater) Details Download Riko, a seven-year-old German Shepard, officially retired from his role as a military working dog Oct. 11 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, after serving in the U.S. Air Force for five years.