Brady Rusk, 12, hugs Eli, a former military working dog, at the Labrador retreiver's retirement and adoption ceremony on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 3, 2011.

Eli was in Afghanistan assigned to Brady's brother, U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Colton Rusk, who was killed Dec. 6, 2010.

The former bomb-sniffing dog will live out his days with Rusk's family in Orange Grove, Texas. Full Story | Music Video

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III