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The Big Picture Megan Leavey is an uplifting film that tells the story of a young Marine corporal, Megan Leavey who develops a bond with Rex , a dual-certified working dog . They work together for two deployments in Iraq, where they are both injured by a bomb. Leavey is awarded medals, and, at the end of the film, Leavey successfully fights to adopt Rex after his bomb-sniffing days end.
Whatever the reason, the next part of the film is also true... kind of. Leavey is assigned to Camp Pendleton, and gets into trouble pretty quickly. As punishment, she's sent to clean the cages of the K-9 bomb detector dogs, where she meets Rex for the first time, an aggressive German Shepherd that intimidates her.
'Megan Leavey' Shows the Horrors of the War in Iraq Close In all, Leavey and Rex completed over 100 missions together over two separate deployments, one in Fallujah in 2005, and the other in 2006 in Ramadi. Megan Leavey can only touch on so much of that history, given the time constraints and the film's focus on what happens in the years following, but they do capture the pivotal moment where Leavey and Rex are wounded in the line of duty.
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