Alex Minsky

Alex Minsky is a retired Marine corporal turned model. At the beginning of his first tour of Afghanistan in 2009, his Humvee hit a roadside bomb and his right leg was amputated. He spent 47 days in a coma with a traumatic brain injury and 17 months in total in a 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.[1] However, his career didn't start to take off until he was photographed nearly nude by the Los Angeles photographer Michael Stokes.[2]

Alex Minsky
Birth nameAlexander Minsky
Born (1988-11-07) November 7, 1988
Mission Viejo, Orange County, California, United States
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service2008–2010
Rank Corporal
Unit2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
Battles/warsGlobal War on Terrorism
Awards Purple Heart
Navy Achievement Medal

Personal life

He grew up in Mission Viejo, Orange County, California. Alex is the oldest of four siblings.[3] Minsky is 5′10″, weighs 165 lbs and has a 32" waist. He married in 2018.[4]

Awards

Purple Heart, 2009.[5]

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gollark: Yes, yes, praise NixOS...
gollark: Besides, you can travel on anything allowing you to carry a large box containing 20kg of desktop or whatever it is.
gollark: I don't have piles of money and don't want to bother to sync my desktop and laptop.
gollark: I mean, if you get a bunch of stupidly expensive hardware, you could perhaps even get 64 cores.

References
  1. https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201411/alex-minsky-story
  2. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/19/alex-minsky-model-photos_n_3465655.html?
  3. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/15/from-g-i-to-eye-candy-war-vet-alex-minsky-s-model-turn.html
  4. http://www.queerty.com/10-things-to-know-about-model-alex-minsky-20130403/
  5. https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201411/alex-minsky-story
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