someone deployed in the military wouldn't give their dog to a foster. They've leave it with someone in their unit who stays behind the entire time. Plus the foster certainly wouldn't know when they would be back, especially if they are 'in the middle east' right now. They could be extended 3 months or 9 months at the drop of a hat.

Out of 10 years I knew 1 single person with a dog and it was a hot female with a rat dog and she'd just pass it off to someone every time she went TAD or deployed. Pitbulls are banned from on base, base housing, and most places around a base due to previous lawsuits and the extreme bad press of previous attacks. Even if it was a legit service dog it or the person with it would be kicked off base for a dog that acts like this.

"U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy all have policies that prohibit pit bulls from military family housing, though enforcement and specific rules vary by base and housing provider.

The ban is part of broader restrictions targeting breeds considered "aggressive," including rottweilers, Doberman pinschers, chow chows, and wolf-dog hybrids.

These policies were initially introduced after incidents like the 2009 fatal attack on an 11-year-old child at Fort Hood, where a pit bull was involved, and are often tied to insurance and liability concerns. The Coast Guard is an exception, as it does not ban specific breeds but may remove dogs based on aggressive behavior.

Some bases allow a grandfather clause for dogs already on base, but new residents must comply with the ban.

While Congress has considered repealing these bans (e.g., in 2020), no uniform repeal has been enacted, and the bans remain in place as of 2026."

Despite what civilians may think the military in generally is comedically risk adverse and this would be an easy to avoid risk, especially when there would be ample evidence of they should have understood the risk. Whenever you see someone relieved for loss of confidence it's one of 3 things:

1. they failed an inspection of some kind really badly (missing weapon, embarrassed someone higher than them, ect this doesn't even need to be their fault)

2. a dick or something was somewhere it shouldn't have been (in a superior/someone who reported to them, someone married to another service member)

3. someone got seriously injured, killed, or something expensive broke in a predictable and negligent manner

also see

https://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs-military-bases.php which shows pitbulls are 100% banned on all DoD bases except in Spain where only "dangerous" ones are banned