Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, the highest ranking enlisted member in the U.S. Air Force, pats Goldie, held by Patty Barry, coordinator of the facility dog program at Walter Reed Bethesda, before the Golden Retriever’s commission as a second lieutenant by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (left) on March 12 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. (Photo by Bernard S. Little)