U.S. Marine Alex Minsky never expected to wind up where he did,
being photographed in his underpants, making money off of his
hot bod.  NBC 4 reports that just a short while ago, the
24-year-old Costa Mesa native was not in very good place in his
life. Three years earlier he was serving as a Marine in
Afghanistan, where he and his fellow soldiers were the victims
of a roadside bombing.  Alex recovered from the coma he slipped
into, but lost his leg. Eventually, he learned to use his
prosthetic limb, but he fell into a depression and turned to
alcohol to numb his pain. Shortly thereafter, his younger
brother unexpectedly died, which plummeted him into an even
deeper depression.  One day, Alex hit rock bottom, and in a
last-ditch effort, he challenged himself to quit drinking for
just one day. That was the day he was discovered by a
photographer and tapped to be a model.  Alex has been posing
ever since. He shows off his multiple tattoos, his ripped
muscles, and his war injuries. He says, "Just because I don't