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Plot summary
Megan Leavey is a corporal in the US Marines who trained to work with dogs in the Military Police. She is paired with Rex, an aggressive military working dog listed as E168. The two form a close bond. They are sent to Iraq for two deployments. The first, in 2005, takes them to Fallujah, and the second, in 2006, to Ramadi. Over those tours they carry out more than a hundred missions, and Rex's bomb detection saves lives.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Megan Leavey (2017)
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- The real Megan Leavey is credited in the film in the role of Female Drill Instructor #3, while Rex is portrayed by a dog named Varco, in an uncredited role.
- Leavey was paired with military working dog Rex (E168) for two deployments in Iraq, to Fallujah in 2005 and Ramadi in 2006, where both were wounded by an improvised explosive device; she was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with a "V" device denoting heroism in combat.
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In 2012 Rex developed facial palsy, which ended his bomb-sniffing duties, and Leavey was able to adopt him through the intervention of Senator Chuck Schumer around April 2012. Rex died on December 22, 2012.- Principal photography began on October 12, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina, including scenes filmed at The Citadel, with other scenes filmed in Georgia and New York City and the extensive desert and combat scenes shot in Spain.
