NESCONSET, N.Y. — A Long Island Marine veteran obtained a priceless present Friday in honor of Veterans Day.
Joe Cipriano was formally handed the leash for his new service canine, Marlee.
The Paws of War organization stunned Cipriano with the celebration.
Cipriano served in Iraq and was honorably discharged from the Marines in 2010. He says he had psychological well being struggles, however now Marlee is an amazing assist with on a regular basis actions.
“Marlee and I, we’re tight buddies, him and I. He’s my boy. Like I stated, we go in every single place collectively and he makes it attainable for me to exit and be indoors and do issues that I used to be having loads of hassle doing,” Cipriano stated.
Paws of War offered months of free service canine coaching, which generally prices 1000’s of {dollars}.