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DOD: Marine Mammal Program Contributes to National Security
May 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:

By David Vergun, DOD News

The Navy's Marine Mammal Program uses bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to detect, locate and recover objects and threats in harbors and at sea for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

Threats could include explosives, mines, enemy divers and manned or unmanned surface or subsurface vessels.

A particularly important mission . . .

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