Originally Posted by
oklAAhoma
Not according to the OP.
I'm pretty certain this was personal travel for them. Definitely not change in duty station to overseas. It's highly doubtful you'd be traveling with wife/gf AND personal pet because armed forces wouldn't allow either (although there might be some duty stations where you could do that, like embassy duty in Ottawa, etc). I'd imagine even in situations like that, there would be tons of paperwork for the dog, maybe even quarantines depending on location.