Project Quick Find: Memoirs of a U.S. Navy SEAL Training Sea Lions

By Michael P. Wood

Project Quick Find is the true story of sea lions trained to help U.S. Navy SEALs. Begun in Hawaii in the late 1960s, the project recruited trainers in Coronado, California, to successfully teach the animals to recover objects from the ocean floor. The program eventually received official navy certification, expanded its scope and evolved its mission. Author, photojournalist and former Navy SEAL Michael P. Wood documented the program in the 1970s and presents this fascinating look at the bond between man and beast.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Dec 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9781439660065

Michael P. Wood

Author CDR Michael P. Wood (USN Ret.) tells the story of Project Quick Find. He served as a Navy SEAL point man in Vietnam but transferred to Project Quick Find, where he used his navy photographer and marine mammal trainer experience to document the program from 1972 to 1979.

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