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200208-N-NO245-0003 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Feb. 8, 2020) U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear, son of U.S. Navy Master Chief Navy Diver (Retired) Carl Brashear, provides training on the life, struggles and career of his father to Sailors at Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Columbia. Carl Brashear was the first African-American Navy Diver, he lost his leg while saving four men during a bomb recovery incident then worked to return as the first amputee diver and eventually the Navy’s first African-American Master Diver. The movie “Men of Honor” was based on his life story. (U.S. Navy photo by Damage Controlman 1st Class Shawn Van Natta/Released)