Hombres de honor

Brazilian diver Alberto José do Nascimento was the only one that supported Brashear since the beginning in the team, but was ignored in the movie and replaced by different characters along the film

Throughout the film, sailors salute chief petty officers and address them as "sir." Enlisted personnel only salute and address officers as "sir." A sailor addresses a chief petty officer (senior enlisted person) as "chief," "senior chief," or "master chief," not "sir."

When an enlisted man is referred to as "sir", the usual response is, "Don't call me sir...I work for a living."

The woman in the detox center is listed as "Pinch-Faced Woman at Detox Center"

DVD includes several deleted scenes cut from the final film:

• Billy lies drunk on a beach and is caught by Military Police; the film then cuts to the opening scene showing just why he is in handcuffs.
• Carl finds Pappy's dog and he makes a white officer wash the poor animal in lye because carl touched it.
• an alternate ending showing just what exactly happened to Billy

Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The 6th Day/You Can Count on Me/Men of Honor/Little Nicky/Wonder Boys (2000)