“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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

READING, Pa - It's an old story -- getting some new life. "My dad, I tell you, he's an icon,” said Phillip Brashear, Carl Brashear’s son. “He's a legendary hero." The son of one of the most celebrated ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - ND1 Johnston Davis has been named Navy Diver of the Year by the Carl Brashear Foundation. Davis currently works at the dive locker aboard the USS Emory S. Land ...

1/25/2011 - FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- The tall Soldier sat upright in a maroon office chair, his eyes moistened as he recalled memories of his father, a trailblazing hero Sailor in the U.S. Navy. His Army ...

The Navy will launch and christen dry cargo/ammunition ship the USNS Carl Brashear on Sept. 18. The christening ceremony for the newest ship in the Lewis and Clark (T-AKE) class of underway ...