Afghanistan Up-Armored Marine, Un-Armored Best Friend May 03, 2012 Share Read Later Marine photo / Cpl. Alfred V. LopezMarine Corporal Sean Grady and Ace, his IED-hunting military working dog, provide security while on patrol in the Khan Neshin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 27. Grady and Ace have located 16 roadside bombs since arriving in Helmand last October, best in the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.