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Dolphins In The Navy
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Author : Meish Goldish
language : en
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Dolphins In The Navy written by Meish Goldish and has been published by Bearport Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explores how bottlenose dolphins help the Navy, discusses their training, and introduces K-Dog a dolphin used to find sea mines.
Navy Dolphins
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Author : Judith Janda Presnall
language : en
Publisher: Kidhaven
Release Date : 2002
Navy Dolphins written by Judith Janda Presnall and has been published by Kidhaven this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses the U.S. Navy's use of dolphins including dolphin behavior and training, tasks learned, participation in world conflicts, and the Navy's Marine Mammal Program.
Alika Odyssey Of A Navy Dolphin
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Author : Donald Auten Captain USN (Retired)
language : en
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2018-10-25
Alika Odyssey Of A Navy Dolphin written by Donald Auten Captain USN (Retired) and has been published by Covenant Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-25 with Fiction categories.
The lives of a young Wyoming cowboy turned Navy Mammal Handler, Brent Harris, and a delightful green-eyed southern girl, Katie Donavan, are woven together by the events in the life of a young Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Alika, in this heartwarming story-a fable of loyalty, gallantry, hope, and love. Brent, a horse trainer with a special gift, joins the Navy fresh out of high school to see the world. When a Navy notice asking for volunteers for the Navy's Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) is announced, Brent gives up a glittering career to become a mammal handler. His decision, not easily made, fulfills a long time spiritual oracle he believes has called upon him. He is assigned to Alika, a spirited, orphaned dolphin with some issues. Through her unrelenting effort, Katie locates the little dolphin she helped rescue years before and coordinates a field trip for a group of marine biology students to a little known Navy command at Point Loma, California. There, she is reunited with Alika, now a certified Fleet Mk-7 Mine Hunter dolphin. The reunion was a euphoric triumph but made even more spectacular by Katie's chance introduction to Brent, Alika's handler. Love blossoms for Brent and Katie, but the clouds of war form in the Mideast. On March 20th, 2003 the US coalition of nations initiate Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)-the second gulf war. Brent, Alika, and other mine-hunting teams from NMMP deploy to the mid-east; they are integral to the OIF campaign and are of the first called into action. Three days after the task of clearing sea-mines from the port of Umm Qasr begins, Brent suffers a brutal attack from a bull shark. Alika exacts retribution and dispatches the shark then tows Brent to safety, saving his life. Brent had a promising future. He had gained so many things-some through hard work, diligence, and good decisions but most through the grace of God. He had completed a mystical calling, which, five-years earlier had beckoned him. But now, it seemed, one by one, his life's greatest treasures were being systematically stripped from him. He'll recover from his physical wounds, but the real devastation is the reality that he will be discharged from the Navy, lose his job, his dolphin, and likely, his one true love-Katie. But Katie has other plans. She comes to Brent with hope, salvation, and a promise. For the first time Alika testifies to the unwavering bond of loyalty and trust dolphins share with their handlers. Alika is a must read for those kind souls who thrive on animal stories or who are allured to the majestic and mysterious mammals who live in the sea and befriend man.
Sea Lions In The Navy
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Author : Meish Goldish
language : en
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Sea Lions In The Navy written by Meish Goldish and has been published by Bearport Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explores how sea lions help the Navy, discusses why they are used to retrieve military equipment from the ocean, and describes their training.
Defender Dolphins The Story Of Project Short Time
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Author : Harold W. Goforth
language : en
Publisher: Fortis Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Defender Dolphins The Story Of Project Short Time written by Harold W. Goforth and has been published by Fortis Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.
DEFENDER DOLPHINS: The Story of Project Short Time is the first eyewitness account of a unique and daring SECRET project during the Vietnam War involving the first-ever military use of dolphins. Meet Garth, John, Slan, Tinker and Toad, Project Short Time's highly trained defender dolphins who protected a key ammunition pier in Vietnam - and laid a foundation for modern-day partnerships with dolphins, many of them their descendants. Learn how the author - the Navy's First Marine Mammal Officer - as well as all the scientists, engineers, military leaders, and trainers built the Navy's SECRET Marine Mammal Program literally from scratch, added to scientific knowledge, and successfully saved lives and high value resources during the Vietnam War. Included inside are Never-before-seen historic photographs. A timeline of events, a map, and a glossary. Behind-the-scenes human-interest stories. Profiles of key personnel. A look at the defender dolphins and other key marine mammals. A where-are-they-now summary. A refutation of common misconceptions and distortions about military dolphins. "Detailed and fascinating account of a clandestine effort undertaken decades ago during the Vietnam war..." --- U.S. Marine Lt. Col. (ret.) James Zumwalt, son of Admiral Elmo R. (Bud) Zumwalt Jr., the Chief of Naval Operations who ordered the deployment of Project Short Time. "Of great interest to readers..." --- Ricou Browning, author/creator the popular 1960s movie and television franchise Flipper "Hal Goforth's remarkable story details for the first time the partnership forged between man and dolphins..." - Terrie M. Williams., PhD, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz No one is in a better position to tell the dramatic story of the world's first military dolphins than CAPT (Ret) Harold W. Goforth, Jr., the U.S. Navy's first Marine Mammal Officer. For two years he lived and breathed dolphin training, deploying with the revolutionary Dolphin Swimmer Defense System to Vietnam until his tour ended in 1971. A marine scientist and professor of marine sciences and exercise physiology, Goforth spent 10 years researching DEFENDER DOLPHINS: The Story of Project Short Time. He and his wife, Sharon, divide their time between San Diego and South Florida.
Alika
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Author : Donald E. Auten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-08
Alika written by Donald E. Auten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-08 with Fiction categories.
The lives of a young Wyoming cowboy turned Navy Mammal Handler, Brent Harris, and a delightful green-eyed southern girl, Katie Donavan, are woven together by the events in the life of a young Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Alika, in this heartwarming story--a fable of loyalty, gallantry, hope, and love. Brent, a horse trainer with a special gift, joins the Navy fresh out of high school to see the world. When a Navy notice asking for volunteers for the Navy's Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) is announced, Brent gives up a glittering career to become a mammal handler. His decision, not easily made, fulfills a long time spiritual oracle he believes has called upon him. He is assigned to Alika, a spirited, orphaned dolphin with some issues. Through her unrelenting effort, Katie locates the little dolphin she helped rescue years before and coordinates a field trip for a group of marine biology students to a little known Navy command at Point Loma, California. There, she is reunited with Alika, now a certified Fleet Mk-7 Mine Hunter dolphin. The reunion was a euphoric triumph but made even more spectacular by Katie's chance introduction to Brent, Alika's handler. Love blossoms for Brent and Katie, but the clouds of war form in the Mideast. On March, 20th, 2003 the US coalition of nations initiate Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)--the second gulf war. Brent, Alika, and other mine-hunting teams from NMMP deploy to the mid-east; they are integral to the OIF campaign and are of the first called into action. Three days after the task of clearing sea-mines from the port of Umm Qasr begins, Brent suffers a brutal attack from a bull shark. Alika exacts retribution and dispatches the shark then tows Brent to safety, saving his life. Brent had a promising future. He had gained so many things--some through hard work, diligence, and good decisions but most through the grace of God. He had completed a mystical calling, which, five-years earlier had beckoned him. But now, it seemed, one by one, his life's greatest treasures were being systematically stripped from him. He'll recover from his physical wounds, but the real devastation is the reality that he will be discharged from the Navy, lose his job, his dolphin, and likely, his one true love--Katie. But Katie has other plans. She comes to Brent with hope, salvation, and a promise. For the first time Alika testifies to the unwavering bond of loyalty and trust dolphins share with their handlers. Alika is a must read for those kind souls who thrive on animal stories or who are allured to the majestic and mysterious mammals who live in the sea and befriend man.
Reintroduction To The Wild As An Option For Managing Navy Marine Mammals
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Author : R. L. Brill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Reintroduction To The Wild As An Option For Managing Navy Marine Mammals written by R. L. Brill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Bottlenose dolphin categories.
The Biosciences Division (Code 51) of the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT & E Division (NRaD) investigated and evaluated reintroduction to the wild as an option for managing the Navy's marine mammals. Data were gathered from expert sources and two NRaD-organized workshops. The first workshop involved experts in reintroduction and marine mammal research and management. It focused on identifying requirements for the reintroduction of captive marine mammals to the wild in general. Closing statements made by the participants are provided in appendices. The second workshop involved NRaD marine mammal experts and focused on applying the first workshop's general findings to an evaluation of the potential for reintroducing Navy marine mammals specifically. This report summarizes the workshops' findings, suggests a general model for planning a reintroduction program, and considers issues relevant to the Navy's marine mammal programs. This report recommends that the development of the required reintroduction methods and technologies could benefit the conservation of endangered species, but that the continued provision of lifetime care and maintenance for the Navy's marine mammals is the preferable option in terms of cost effectiveness. Marine mammals, Dolphins, Reintroduction.
A Functional Genomics Approach To Understanding And Evaluating Health In Navy Dolphins
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
A Functional Genomics Approach To Understanding And Evaluating Health In Navy Dolphins written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
The U.S. Navy maintains and deploys approximately 70 bottlenose dolphins for military operations and research. Health maintenance of these animals is critical to the success of the Navy's mission. Functional genomic approaches offer the potential to complement traditional methods of health assessment with rapid, sensitive and highly discriminative tests for health, infection, and exposure to chemical, biological and physical stress. To this end we have initialized development of a dolphin gene microarray in order to evaluate its utility as a transcriptomic biosensor in the health assessment of dolphins. To this end, normalized dolphin cDNA libraries have been generated from stimulated and unstimulated dolphin peripheral blood leukocytes. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been collected and sequenced. Target genes (both immune response and stress-related) have been amplified and segments cloned for subsequent microarray development as well as for cloning of the full-length genes. The immunoglobulin genes were further studied and characterized at the molecular level. These valuable molecular tools will not only help in characterization of the dolphin immune system, but will be utilized in the development of a dolphin gene microarray to use as a transcriptomic biosensor in the health assessment of Navy and wild dolphins.
Marine Mammals And Man
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Author : Forrest Glenn Wood
language : en
Publisher: Robert B. Luce
Release Date : 1973
Marine Mammals And Man written by Forrest Glenn Wood and has been published by Robert B. Luce this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Nature categories.
Explores the Navy's work with porpoises, whales, and sea lions in a program initiated at the Marine Bio-science Facility at Point Mugu, California.
Military Dolphins
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Author : Rosie Albright
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2012-01-15
Military Dolphins written by Rosie Albright and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
People love to see the seemingly fun-loving, curious dolphin do impressive tricks at aquarium shows. But these aquatic mammals are no one-trick-pony. Their high intelligence and ability to be trained has led the U.S. Navy to develop a program that uses dolphins to do jobs that help keep the citizens and soldiers of America safe. Military dolphins have been used to detect underwater mines and recover important equipment. Young readers will be enthralled by this introduction to military dolphins through accessible text and photographs of these powerful swimming detectives in action.