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U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program dolphin trainers tend to their dolphins before a flight from Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., to NMMP in San Diego

March 4, 2026

Neuromodulating Mammals for Military Operations: Ethical Responsibility and Governance in Security Domains

Research into consideration and possible utility of employing marine mammals in military support operations is nothing new. During the Cold War, the United States (U.S.) and Soviet Union employed dolphins and sea lions for detection, retrieval, and harbor defense. Those programs operated within defined operational parameters and structured oversight. However, recent reports alleging that Russia is employing advanced neurotechnologies to modulate and direct the behavior of orcas for military purposes, if validated, represent an ethical inflection point.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Connor Rooney, left, a logistics officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during CLB-24's Warrior’s Night as part of Mountain Training Exercise 1-26 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, Feb. 10, 2026. Warrior’s Night is a tradition that usually follows major training exercises and is held to build camaraderie and celebrate accomplishments while honoring unit history through ceremony, toasts, and shared activities. Exercises like MTX 1-26 prove Marines’ ability to provide flexible and responsive combat service support during high intensity combat operations in contested and mountainous terrain. Rooney is a native of Illinois.

Feb. 27, 2026

A Phenomenologic Approach to the Warrior Experience and Ethos

Military identity emerges through the lived, imaginative, and moral experience of service. This paper introduces enchantment—the cognitive, narrative, and symbolic structuring of meaning—as a foundational dimension of military life that sustains commitment, moral coherence, and disciplined action under conditions of risk, ambiguity, and existential strain.

Cover Image for Journal of Military Ethics, Volume 24, Issue 3-4, (2025)

Jan. 8, 2026

Re-constructing and Construing the Warfighter: The Intersection of Bioengineering and Identity in Neurotechnologically Enhanced Military Personnel

Current joint warfighters are no longer merely trained — in many ways, they are increasingly bioengineered.