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Carl Brashear passes away (Men of Honor)
- Thread starter BigIron
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Didnt realize he was that old. What a shame.
"Don't eyeball me BOY! You look like a broke-dick Popeye!"
Reminds me I should buy the flick...
I shall go to Columbia House and do so immediately
"The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. If it is lost underwater, he finds it. If it's sunk, he brings it up. If it's in the way, he moves it. If he's lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves, for that is the closest he'll ever get to being a hero."
http://www.navalinstitute.org/oralhistory/B/brashear_excerpt.htm
I shall go to Columbia House and do so immediately
"The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. If it is lost underwater, he finds it. If it's sunk, he brings it up. If it's in the way, he moves it. If he's lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves, for that is the closest he'll ever get to being a hero."
http://www.navalinstitute.org/oralhistory/B/brashear_excerpt.htm
Much props to anyone who has their sh!t in one sock enough to make Master Diver, but when you consider what he had to go through he really was an inspiration. I attended Navy Dive School in '95 and two of the instructors had met him and mentioned him in class; I didn't think much about him again until the movie came out and saw what a great sailor he was.
I'll throw out a big Hooyah to the Master Chief as he crosses the bar. My prayers go out to his family.
I'll throw out a big Hooyah to the Master Chief as he crosses the bar. My prayers go out to his family.