Gryphon Group’s Operational Canine Division’s mission is to

ensure that America’s Special Operators, War-Fighters, and Law

Enforcement Officer’s Operational Canines receive the same

quality of training as their human counterparts.

Our programs are taught by top Gryphon Cadre Instructors who

have utilized Multi-Purpose Canines in dozens of real world

combat operations and special operations missions around the

world.

To ensure real world application across the broad spectrum of all

canine disciplines, Gryphon Group’s OCD Cadre are carefully

selected and must demonstrate an above industry standard of

working knowledge and validated live “in the field” experience.

The Operational Canine Programs are born out of Gryphon Group’s

Universal Truths of the Battlefield pre-mission training methodology.

These “Truths” do not change generation after generation…

the Human Body – the Human Mind – and Human Nature

do not change from war to war, or from generation to generation

The Dog has been an important weapon in man’s history of war.

This too is another “Universal Truth of the Battlefield”.

Operational Canines have fought side-by-side with our American War-Fighters and Special Operations Units since the beginning of our nation…

Operational Canines have also paid the ultimate price for this service…

However, training the War-Fighter and War-Dog to work together incombat conditions and to train the rest of the Unit to trust the dog-team has always been the problem in the Army, Navy, Air Force, andMarine Corps.

Gryphon Group’s Operational Canine Division has developedseveral training programs that continues the tradition of training ourWar-Fighters & Special Operators to be able to utilize the War-Dog tomaximum effect.

We believe that the better trained the dog is and the better preparedthe dog handler is the more survivable and mission effective both ofthem will be.

Director of the Operational Canine Division

Travis Bobo

Sergeant First Class Travis Bobo (U.S. Army Special Forces Retired) has over 16 years of active military

service and has world-wide operational experience. His career began as a Fire Direction Control

Specialist for Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and High Mobility Advanced Rocket Systems

(HIMARS) and conducted multiple combat rotations in Afghanistan in support of the United States Army

Special Operations Command (USASOC). In 2010, Mr. Bobo was selected to attend the Special Forces

Qualification Course and graduated as a Special Forces Communications Sergeant in May of 2012 and

assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group. He conducted 2 rotations to Afghanistan as a senior

communications sergeant before volunteering to be assigned as Multi-Purpose Canine (MPC) Handler in

late 2014.

During his time as an operational canine handler, Mr. Bobo deployed to multiple countries in Africa as

well as ISO JSOC during Operation Inherent Resolve. He has attended over 1,200 hours of formal

training on training MPC canines in all areas of canine capability. Mr. Bobo is a graduate of the Special

Forces Qualification Course, SERE–High Risk, Military Freefall Parachutist Course, USASOC

Jumpmaster Course, Special Forces Communications Course and is a graduate of the International Sports

Science Association (ISSA) Personal Training Certification Course.

• Multi-Purpose Canine (MPC) Employment Course

• Canine Defeat Course

• Operational Canine Trauma Management Course

• Operational Canine Military Free Fall Course