US Navy sailors reunite with the dogs they rescued from near-certain death in the Middle East

Chief Petty Officer Matt Johnson sits with his two rescue dogs, Ruby and Sunny. (Paws of War)Two helpless dogs in the Middle East faced terrible abuse and almost-certain death until two U.S.

Navy sailors not only rescued them — but found a way to get them out of there and on toward a safer, healthier and far happier life.

Married U.S. Navy duo Chief Petty Officer Matt Johnson and veteran Coreen Johnson first made the decision to take in the two needy pups, Ruby and Sunny, while the couple were deployed to the Middle East.However, the news that they would be transferred to Japan threatened the family of four's ability to stick together — and Coreen expressed her intense worry about it in an interview with Fox News Digital.US SOLDIER IS TRYING TO RESCUE THIS SWEET, HELPLESS PUPPY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST"We were just kind of left not knowing what to do," she said.With limited resources within the military to transport the two animals to the couple's next duty stations, the Johnsons reached out to the Long Island, New York-based nonprofit Paws of War for "immediate" help."I didn't know what to do because we had to leave, and I could not live without them," she said."We don't have children of our own," she added. "These dogs are our family — and Paws of War totally understood that." VETERANS STRUGGLING WITH PTSD FIND HOPE AND HEALING BY WORKING WITH HORSESThe New York-based Paws of War, headed by co-founder Robert Misseri, has brought over 300 dogs and cats — all rescued by American troops overseas — to safety in the U.S.

since 2014, according to its website.Familiar with the immense challenges of getting rescue animals out of the Middle East, Paws of War was able to locate a flight to Japan for the dogs — and it all happened.