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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:31 PM
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Have you ever seen the movie Men of Honor? Cuba Gooding Jr becomes the first black Navy Seal.
Edited on Sat May-07-11 09:47 PM by jillan
It's a really powerful movie and gives you some insight into the training these guys go thru.

But more than that, it's all the extras that the character Gooding played because of the color of his skin.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203019/usercomments?start=30

On Edit - I'm being corrected that he wasn't a Seal. My mistake. Great movie regardless.
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sgsmith Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:34 PM
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1. I've seen the movie
And it has nothing to do with Navy Seals.

It's the story of the first black Navy diver.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:36 PM
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2. XLNT movie, but Gooding's not a SEAL. He's a Master Diver.
Edited on Sat May-07-11 09:36 PM by cherokeeprogressive
SEAL training is 1000 times more intense than what is depicted in what was and is a very good movie.
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:39 PM
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3. He becomes the Navy's first black diver and not a Seal.
Nonetheless, I watched it quite awhile ago and it is a very good movie.
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:44 PM
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4. Just like being the first Black President or the first
Black anything. History speaks for itself.....
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 10:00 PM
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5. I vaguely remember renting that.
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Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 10:43 PM
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6. It's about the first black Navy Chief. nt
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:54 PM
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9. Wasn't the first black Navy CPO either. Even in the movie they showed
Edited on Sun May-08-11 12:27 AM by Obamanaut
a Black CPO on the first ship the Cuba Gooding character was on.

John Henry Turpin is listed in many places as being the first black Navy CPO.
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:35 PM
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7. Yes, I've seen...
it. Thought it was a good movie. I will re-watch it from time to time. Both DeNiro and Gooding did a good job..IMO.
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:51 PM
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8. I loved that movie
How in the world those guys were able to stand up while wearing those giant metal space alien helmets boggles my mind.

Actually, thanks for bringing this up. I've been pondering all night what movies to watch tomorrow while I work on a tedious and very long beading project. I've been doing bead work for years though I sometimes don't understand why since it is really tedious, takes absolutely forever and is very maticulous vision destroying work. Thousands and thousands of teeny tiny beads each needing to be sewn on precisely and individually. I must be barking mad that I do this yet I can't seem to stop.


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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:58 PM
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10. That movie had nothing to do with SEAL training. nt
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:59 PM
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11. No, the first Navy Diver
and that has one of best portrayals of the Goat Locker, according to hubby a retired Chief.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:31 AM
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12. There were many Navy Divers prior to Carl Brashear - he was the
Edited on Sun May-08-11 12:36 AM by Obamanaut
first Black Navy Diver.

Do not recall any portrayal of a "Goat Locker" in that movie. I've seen the movie several times, and it is in my collection of movies.

If you mean by "goat locker" a place where CPOs sleep, lounge, gather, and/or eat.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 08:49 AM
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13. Please get the story straight before you gush over something
He was becoming the first black Navy diver. Has nothing to do with UDT/SEAL training.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 09:06 AM
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14. Excellent film, not about SEALS
but fine movie anyway.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 09:13 AM
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15. My brother in law was a Navy diver and worked on a nuclear sub.
But am quite certain they aren't the same as SEALs. Their training is pretty extensive but nothing compared to what SEAL training is.
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