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Feb 1, 2014 · Published February 01, 2014. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Adam Driver and all of his friends declared they would join the military as soon as they could. Driver was the only one who followed...
Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Driver enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines as an 81mm mortar man. He served for two years and eight months before fracturing his sternum while mountain biking. He was medically discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal.
Oct 18, 2021 · Emmy- and Academy Award-nominated actor Adam Driver became a Marine just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and said joining the service is one of the things he's most proud of.
Dec 3, 2021 · Adam Driver turned 18 just two months after 9/11 and immediately enlisted in the US Marine Corps. He wanted to be put to work for his country and test his limits; he didn’t want an easy position.
Dec 14, 2020 · When Adam Driver was training in the Marine Corps, white phosphorus exploded over him and his platoon mates in a staged battle scenario. Reeling from the near miss, Driver thought about...
Dec 26, 2023 · Driver liked the Corps and served as a Marine for more than two years, but he injured his sternum in a mountain-biking accident and was medically discharged in 2004 before he could be...
Oct 21, 2019 · Though his time in the Marine Corps was formative—and gave rise to a nonprofit organization he founded, Arts in the Armed Forces, which fosters art appreciation among the troops—it came to a ...
