3.3K views · 106 reactions | Check out Military Sealift Command's dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) pulling into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. USNS Carl Brasher pulled into port after providing logistical support for ships who were participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 2018) exercise. #UnitedWeSail #USNavy #RIMPAC18 U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Third Fleet U.S. Fleet Forces Command RIMPAC | U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command | Facebook

The Navy's First Amputee Master Diver Did the Impossible Master Chief Carl Maxie Brashear became the U.S. Navy's first Black Master Diver and first amputee diver in 1970, shattering barriers that many believed were impossible to break. Born to sharecroppers in Kentucky in 1931, Brashear enlisted in the Navy in 1948—four months before President Truman desegregated the military—and became the first African American to graduate from Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954. His greatest test came in 19

How One Man Defied The Impossible Navy Dream Carl Maxie Brashear's life is the definition of refusal. Born on January 19, 1931, in rural Tonieville, Kentucky, to sharecropper parents McDonald and Gonzella Brashear, Carl grew up without electricity or running water. He was the sixth of 16 children in a family defined by hardship and faith. Yet from childhood, he demonstrated the determination that would later define his military legacy. On February 25, 1948, Carl Brashear enlisted in the United S