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film by George Tillman Jr.

For other uses, see Men of Honor (disambiguation).

Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr.

and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty OfficerCarl Brashear, the first African Americanmaster diver in the United States Navy.

Plot

Carl Brashear leaves his native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper in by joining the United States Navy.

Carl promised his father that he would never quit and fight for what he wants.

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As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist, where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William "Billy" Sunday who free dives to rescue a diver knocked overboard without an air line.

Sunday develops an air embolism which prevents him from ever diving again. Brashear is determined to become the first black Amer