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Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Driver enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. [6] 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 ]
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...
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 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.
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.Before he fought in the ga...
U.S. Marine. Driver was working odd jobs in Indiana when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, filled him with a desire for retribution and prompted him to join the military. Craving a...
Adam Driver, a famous actor and a member of the lance corporal underground, gave the most Marine response possible when an audience member criticized his latest movie, Ferrari.
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...
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. Because, as he says: "Self-expression is ...
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.