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Tim Westwood's live broadcasts from the military base at Camp Bastion have endeared him to the soldiers. So much so that they gave him a rare privilege—letting him take part in a training exercise.

The man known as the "Big Dawg" was dressed in a protective suit and set upon by the military's biggest alsatian. [Guardian]

This is obviously some strange usage of the word "let" which I was not previously, etc etc.