serviceyears birth_place allegiance unit awards name battles rank article_title birth_name
2007 -- 2010 orange county , california , u.s.a united states of america 2nd battalion 3rd marines border alex minsky global war on terrorism 25px corporal alex minsky
 alexander minsky
alex minsky

alex minsky is a retired marine corporal turned model .
at the beginning of his first tour of afghanistan in 2009 , his humvee was hit a roadside bomb and his right leg was amputated .
he spent 47 days in coma with traumatic brain injury and 17 months in total in hospital .
after his brother died from a drug overdose , he entered a 23-month period of alcohol abuse , and to get out of it , he turned to physical fitness .
it was during one of his routine workouts that he was approached by a fashion photographer named tom cullis .
however , his career did n't start to take off until he was photographed nearly nude by the los angeles photographer michael stokes .
