Portal:Cetaceans/Selected Picture/November, 2006

Military Dolphin

Photo credit: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho.

A U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program bottlenose dolphin named K-Dog wearing a locating pinger, performed mine clearance work in the Persian Gulf during the Iraq War.

The United States and Russian militaries have trained and employed dolphins for several reasons. Such military dolphins can be trained to rescue lost divers or to locate underwater mines. Military dolphins were used during the First and Second Gulf War.