The US Navy does employ sea lions. It is not a hoax like the
gigantic humanoid Bigfoot. It is not also part of a war strategy
videogame like those made and distributed by EA. As proof of
this fact, in 2003, the US Navy sent out navy-trained sea lions
to the Persian Gulf. These sea lions were trained as seawater
sentinels with the intention of protecting US Navy ships from
terrorists and other enemy swimmers. As part of the navy’s
complete security plan, the sea lions were sent to the Persian
Gulf in response to security reports that terrorists were about
to attach explosives to the navy’s ships. This has been the
nearest that these marine mammals, which have been long used in
the military training of the United States, to come close in
real-time combat. The use of sea lions in the US Navy all
started with the Marine Mammal Program of the 1960’s. Back then,
the navy made use of dolphins to study its hydrodynamics,
particularly how it moves effectively and efficiently
underwater. They also hoped to design a tor