“Remember the Maine” became the public call to arms that led the United States into war with Spain, the capture of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, and a more modern way for the Navy to use the ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In the Navy, there are divers. And, there are master divers. And that's what the Seabees were working to find on Wednesday at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The son of the Navy's first Black master diver spoke is speaking about his father's legacy. Phillip Brashear addressed the crew of USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) on Tuesday morning about his ...

“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.

Two all-American agencies are teaming up to keep our country safe. The U.S. Navy met up with FDNY firefighters on Wednesday of this week to work together on a demonstrative dive training mission at ...

The divers juggled the mission while wondering how the spill was affecting their own lives. Now-retired Senior Chief Master Diver Brian Simic, 40, said that his family became seriously ill from fuel ...

With their main role of conducting amphibious operations, San Antonio-class ships have unique capabilities that make them an ideal partner to support NASA's mission. One of the more important ...