JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA — Joint Base Langley-Eustis is undergoing major infrastructure upgrades to protect its most valuable assets from extreme weather. The dual-focused initiative targets both the immediate health of the base’s military working dogs and the long-term survival of its historic airfield against rising sea levels.
Military working dogs serve as the essential eyes and ears of base security, performing critical detection and patrol duties that technology cannot replicate. However, intense summer weather in Virginia poses a constant threat to these four-legged service members.
“In the Hampton Roads area, you’re looking at 95- to 105-degree heat indexes in the summer,” said Leeper, a spokesperson for the project. “The humidity is tough. We identified a requirement that would help support their success, their efficiency.”…