2021 St. Reckless Award Recipient Lucca K458

Lucca K458 was a German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois military working dog for six years in the United States Marine Corps. She was trained to detect explosives and was deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. In her over 400 missions, no human fatalities occurred under her watch. In 2012, while on patrol in Afghanistan, she was injured by an IED blast, necessitating the amputation of her left leg. After recovering at Camp Pendleton, Lucca officially retired in 2012 and was adopted by her original handler, Master Sergeant Chris Willingham.