that didn't mean that jimmy hatch retired from serving.new mission by founding spike's k9 fund, a charity name for the first dog he handled in the military spike who was killed on a mission in iraq in 2006. >> for me as a person who handled the dog, it was my duty i felt to make sure that he was protected. when the dog gets hurt or killed, you failed. >> jimmy is now dedicating his life to helping train and protect police and namilitary dogs. jimmy helps police department k9 units around the country, often posing as a bad guy, a decoy to help get the dogs used to wearing sent in when it's too risky for a police officer. the dogs find the suspect and grab onto him. it gives police officers valuable time to apprehend him. volunteering as a decoy is not glamorous work. jimmy spends a lot of time getting bitten by dogs over and over again. this dog is wearing a custom-made bulletproof vest that sparks canine fund got for him. it's lightweight so it doesn't slow the dog down but it will protect him. it can save his life as well as the life of h

we're all here for a fund-raiser for jimmy hatch's charity spike's k9 fund which raises money to protect the lives of police dogs, buying them custom-made bulletproof vests. >> wow, she's fast. >> she's an athlete. >> i met jimmy two years ago when i interviewed him for a story. he served in the navy for almost 26 years. most of it as part of a special mission unit in iraq, afghanistan, and elsewhere. jimmy doesn't like to make a big deal of it. he has seen a lot of combat in his life. he has done some remarkable things to help protect us. on his last mission in afghanistan in 2009, jimmy was critically wounded, shot in the leg by a taliban fighter while searching for army private bowe bergdahl. his life was saved partly because of a military dog in his unit who was the first to spot the taliban fighter and the first to come under fire. >> i watched his body language. as it changed, i knew we were getting close to something. and then before i realized what was there, he took a couple rounds to the head. >> remko was killed. jimmy was badly wounded in the leg. he had to retire from the na

but that didn't mean that jimmy hatch retired from serving.founding spike's k-9 fund, a charity named for the first dog he handled in the military, spike, who was killed on a mission in iraq in 2006. >> for me, a person who handled a dog it was my duty to make sure he was protected. and when the dog gets hurt or killed, you failed. >> jimmy is now dedicating his life to help train and protect police and military dogs. jimmy helps police department k-9 units around the country. often posing as a bad guy. a dei could to help train the dogs and get them used to wearing these vests. in some situations, police dogs are sent in when it's too risky for a police officer. the dogs find the suspect and grab on to him. the police officer's valuable time to apprehend them. volunteering as a dei could is not glamourous work. jimmy spends a lot of his time getting bitten by dogs over and over again. this dog is wearing a custom made bullet proof vest that spike's k-9 fund got for him. it's lightweight so it doesn't slow him down, but it will protect him. it

anderson's going to join me in just a moment but first he'd like you to meet a man named jimmy hatch. she's an athlete, man. >> i first met jimmy two years ago when i interviewed him for a story. he served in the navy for two years. most of it as part of a special mission's unit most of it in afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere. jimmy doesn't like to make a big deal of it, but he's seen a lot of combat in his life and he's doneome remarkable things to help protect us. on his last mission in afghanistan in 2009, jimmy was critically wounded, shot in the leg by a taliban fighter while searching for army private bo bird dog. his life was saved partly bafz military dog in his unit named recommend kwhoe was the first to spot the taliban fighter and the first to come under fire. >> i watched remco, i watched his body language and as it change i did knew we were getting close to something. and then before i realized what was there, he took a couple rounds to the head with an ak-47 at about 6 inches. >> remco was killed and jimmy nearly lost his leg. he was so badly wounded he had to retire from