Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear (center), the Navy's first African-American diver, received an Outstanding Public Service Award in October 2000 from actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and then-Defense Secretary William Cohen for 42 years of combined military and federal civilian service. Mr. Gooding portrayed Master Chief Brashear in the 2000 film "Men of Honor."
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Scott Ash
2000-10
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