Master Chief Billy Sunday Navy

Master chief petty officer e 9 also can be a command master chief cmc of the master chief petty officer of the navy mcpon which is assigned to the highest ranking enlisted person in the united states navy.

Master chief billy sunday navy. As a crew member of the salvage ship uss hoist where he is assigned to the galley he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers master chief petty officer leslie william billy sunday. The movie begins with robert deniro s character u s. According to the film s press kit the character of billy sunday who was a master chief navy diver and instructor at the diving school in the movie was a composite of various navy men in the film s press notes screenwriter scott marshall smith wrote this isn t a connect the dots biography. He was a u s.

The navy diver is not a fighting man he is a salvage expert. Though de niro s character the boorish commander billy sunday is a composite of two specific naval instructors brashear had at the navy s new jersey diving school one a racist and the other a. If it is lost underwater he finds it. Senior chief petty officer e 9.

Carl maxie brashear january 19 1931 july 25 2006 was a highly decorated united states navy sailor. If it is lost underwater he finds it. Anyway in the film a badly beaten billy is being held by military police for going awol. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver.

Chief petty officer e 8. If it s sunk he brings it up. Although we don t know his name is leslie until much later most people just call him master chief billy sunday. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself.

Navy master diver rising to the position in 1970 having an amputated left leg. Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer. In the 2000 film men of honor the character leslie william billy sunday portrayed by robert de niro is a u s.