Story by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 01.29.2020
Phillip Brashear is the command chief warrant officer for the 80th Training Command, and the son of Carl Brashear, the first African-American master diver in U.S. Navy’s history who lost his leg during a tragic accident on a mission off the coast of Spain in 1966....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Breckenkamp | 80th Training Command (Reserve) | 04.01.2019
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, Va. – “A son never forgets.” You may recall this line from the movie “Men of Honor,” based on the true story of the late Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African-American master diver and master chief in the United States Navy. Following in his father’s footsteps, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4......
Story by Staff Sgt. Teresa Gallagher | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 06.28.2017
“What is meant for you, is for you, and no one can take that away from you.”
Story by Staff Sgt. Ian Kummer | First Army | 02.21.2017
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – The son of the U.S. Navy’s first African-American master diver gave the keynote presentation at a National African-American History Month Observance here Feb. 14....
