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 ...

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 ...

The movie “Men of Honor” starring Cuba Gooding Jr., shared Carl Brashear’s life story with the world. Navy officials said March 3 the service will recognize his life achievements by naming one its ...

NEWPORT NEWS -- A new cargo ship will bear the name of the Navy's first black deep-sea diver. Carl Brashear joined the Navy in 1948 when he was 17 years old. One of six children born to a sharecropper ...

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 ...

MASTER NAME: The U.S. Navy will launch and christen its newest T-AKE-class dry cargo/ammunition ship, the USNS Carl Brashear, on Sept. 18 at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. T-AKE 7 ...

Fort Gordon honored African American/Black History Month with a command program Monday in Darling Hall. The program was hosted by Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center and broadcasted live to the ...