File:NMMP dolphin with locator.jpeg

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current00:28, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:28, 4 January 20171,659 × 1,994 (897 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Bottlenose dolphin (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tursiops_truncatus" title="Tursiops truncatus">Tursiops truncatus</a></i>) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMMP" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:NMMP">NMMP</a> on mineclearance operations, with locator beacon.<br><p>K-Dog, a bottle-nose dolphin belonging to Commander Task Unit (CTU) 55.4.3, leaps out of the water in front of Sgt. Andrew Garrett while training near the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) in the Persian Gulf. Attached to the dolphin's pectoral fin is a "pinger" device that allows the handler to keep track of the dolphin when out of sight.<br></p> CTU-55.4.3 is a multi-national team consisting of Naval Special Clearance Team-One, Fleet Diving Unit Three from the United Kingdom, Clearance Dive Team from Australia, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units Six and Eight (EODMU-6 and -8). These units are conducting deep/shallow water mine countermeasure operations to clear shipping lanes.
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