This week, we celebrated K-9 Veterans Day. For 81 years, these four-legged fighters have stood beside our brave service members in uniform to defend our freedoms in some of the world's most dangerous places.

These brave K-9 teams put their lives on the line every single day to keep us safe — the least we can do is support them and their fellow service members. That's why we set a goal to raise at least $100,000 through emails and text messages in the next 48 hours, and a generous group of donors has agreed to match every gift to help us reach our goal. But this opportunity expires soon!

So will you give $29 or more right now (becomes $58) to support our military working dog teams and all of our brave service members as they defend our freedoms around the world?

During World War II, patriotic Americans were encouraged to donate healthy and capable dogs to serve our nation. Although the process of becoming a military K-9 has changed a bit since then, there are still so many ways that proud citizens can support our heroic military dogs and their handlers, including through the USO.

Working together, handlers and military working dogs rely on one another to read and react to their environments — and to keep their teams and each other safe. And they rely on the generosity of patriots like you to support them every step of the way. So right now, we're counting on dedicated military supporters to help make sure our brave service members, including our K-9 teams have the resources they need, no matter what they may face.

Please, rush $29 or more today, and every dollar you give will be DOUBLED to support our military working dogs, their human handlers and all of our service members bravely protecting our country at this very moment.*

On behalf of all our soldiers (the ones with wagging tails, too), we can't thank you enough for all you do.

The USO