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    Corporal Megan Leavey (born October 28, 1983) is a former active duty United States Marine Corps corporal who served as a Military Police K9 handler. Life and career. Leavey enlisted in the Marine Corps in August 2003 and completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina.

  2. Jun 9, 2017 · Megan Leavey: Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. With Kate Mara, Edie Falco, Alisa Harris, Nick Madrick. Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.

  3. Apr 12, 2024 · The Megan Leavey movie leaves some ambiguity surrounding the titular character's relationship with Matt Morales, making it hard not to wonder if the two characters ended up together in real life. Based on a true story, the film primarily focuses on Megan Leavey's bond with a working military dog named Rex. As it unfolds all the struggles Leavey (played by Kaye Mara) goes through to be able to ...

  4. Megan Leavey (also known as Rex) is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Pamela Gray, Annie Mumolo, and Tim Lovestedt, based on the true events about a young female Marine named Megan Leavey and a combat dog named Rex. The film stars Kate Mara as the titular character, with Edie Falco, Common, Ramón Rodríguez, and Tom Felton in supporting ...

  5. Apr 11, 2024 · Megan Leavey. Megan Leavey was born on October 28, 1983 in Valley Cottage, New York, and is now 40 years old. She graduated from Nyack High School in New York and went on to attend the State University of New York at Cortland. While Leavey is happily married with one child, details on her husband and daughter are not public as she has opted to ...

  6. Apr 11, 2024 · Summary. Megan Leavey's bond with her military working dog, Rex, was central to their service in Iraq and beyond. The real Megan Leavey received several awards, including a Purple Heart and the Genesis Legacy Medal. Despite retiring in 2012, Rex lived only 8 months of civilian life with Leavey before passing away in 2012.

  7. The true life story of Megan Leavey, a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in Iraq. Assigned to clean up the K ...

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  8. Kate Mara stars in the film from Gabriela Cowperthwaite based on a true story about Megan Leavey and her dog, Rex. Kate Mara stars in this film about the bond between a Marine and a bomb-sniffing dog named Rex. ...

  9. MEGAN LEAVEY is based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him.

  10. May 24, 2017 · Fact-checking the Megan Leavey movie revealed that Leavey and the military bomb-sniffing dog Rex served two tours together. In 2005, they were deployed to Fallujah for seven months and then to Ramadi in 2006. It was during the second deployment that they were both injured by a makeshift explosive device.