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Feb 1, 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 through, joining the...
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.
Before he fought in the galactic battles of Star Wars, Adam Driver was a United States Marine with 1/1 Weapons Company. He tells the story of how and why he became a Marine, the complex transition from soldier to civilian -- and Arts in the Armed Forces, his nonprofit that brings theater to the military.
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. [21] He served for two years and eight months before fracturing his sternum while mountain biking. [22]
Jun 21, 2016 · He tells the story of how and why he became a Marine, the complex transition from soldier to civilian — and Arts in the Armed Forces, his nonprofit that brings theater to the military. Because ...
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 deployed ...
Dec 23, 2023 · Before becoming the bad boy of "Star Wars," Adam Driver spent a few years in the military training to serve as a Marine. This time shaped him in multiple ways.
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 his two...
Apr 9, 2015 · A year after Sept. 11, actor Adam Driver joined the Marine Corps. He was working odd jobs, selling vacuum cleaners and paying rent to live in his parents' house — and he says, like many...
In 2008 Driver performed alongside a dozen actors at Camp Pendleton, his old stomping grounds according to an article published in Military Times on Dec. 16, 2015, titled From Marine Corps to 'Star Wars': 'Force Awakens' actor Adam Driver savors success.
