“The dogs”??? since when has anyone ever called The Army that?
She was looking in the mirror.
Not kidding here: Maybe while formulating her lie, the phrase "devil dogs" popped into Hillary's head. Devil Dogs are, of course, U.S. Marines. But when you're lying, it's easy to get things all mixed up.
WWII, maybe. My Dad taught me this at his knee:
We asked all the doggies to come to Tulagi
But General MacArthur said "No."
When asked for the reason, "It isn't the season,"
Besides, they have no USO."
There is a Wiki reference to a Cheyenne organization of that name. Beyond that, not much.
Herself was NEVER a serious applicant for military service, any time, anywhere. Even less so than someone like Bill Ayers, noted anti-war protester. Her visit to the recruiting office was more on the order of reconnaissance, looking into means to subvert or sabotage the military mission.
While Herself was never prominent on a national scale, she was against the Vietnam War and led protests against it, showing her disregard for the military and what they were trying to do to hold Communism at bay in Vietnam. The distaste Herself has for all things military persists in her every action even today.
Since never. The only service ever referred to as dogs is the Marines, and always "Devil Dogs".