Last month, retired Marine Cpl. Alex Minsky’s life took a surreal and unexpected turn. He was sitting on a plush couch at ABC’s studios on West 66th Street in New York City for his first-ever live ...

Alex Minsky isn’t your average underwear model. A former Marine, Minsky lost part of his right leg to a roadside bomb while fighting in Afghanistan in 2009. The explosion left the now 24-year-old ...

U.S. Marine Alex Minsky of Costa Mesa was caught in a downward spiral. He lost his leg and nearly died in Afghanistan three years ago, when he and his fellow Marines fell victim to a roadside bomb.

Double takes are nothing unusual around Alex Minsky, but not because of this war veteran’s prosthetic leg. His tattooed, finely chiseled body often gets a second look – along with a blush or two – for ...