“In the words of my father, it is not a sin to get knocked down. It is a sin to stay down,” said Phillip Brashear, son of the late Master Chief Carl Brashear, the Navy’s first Black deep sea diver.

Knowing when, and where, Carl Brashear grew up might make you pause when you learn he became the first Black master diver in the U.S. Navy. But Brashear never let adversity stand in his way. Born in ...

Phillip Brashear stood in front of over 100 flight students and spectators on Thursday at the National Naval Aviation Museum to tell them how with hard work, dedication and faith they can achieve ...

Carl M. Brashear, the first black U.S. Navy diver, has died at 75. Brashear's story about battling racism in the newly desegregated U.S. military... Pioneering Navy Diver Carl Brashear Dies at 75 Carl ...

A Department of Defense, Navy, contract has been awarded to BAE Systems, San Francisco, for a regular overhaul & drydocking of 'USNS Carl Brashear'. BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair, San ...