Richard Pryor
Funny man Richard Pryor did not have what you’d call a typical stint in the Army. Pryor spent most of his time behind bars for stabbing a white soldier who got a little too enthusiastic over a racially charged scene in a film they were watching. However, compared to his childhood this may have seemed like a walk in the park. As a young child, Richard was the victim of sexual abuse. Left by his alcoholic mother at the age of ten, he was raised at his grandmother’s brothel. During that time he was also expelled from school.
Robin Quivers
Robin Quivers, the co-host of the Howard Stern show is also a former Air Force Captain. She originally had qualified with a nursing degree from the University of Maryland, but believed that she could put her degree to better use so she join the United States Air Force. After three years she reached the rank of captain before being discharged on month later. Quivers remained a member of the US Air Force Reserves until 1990 but was never recalled. She returned to Baltimore before taking her first job in radio as a newscast reader in Pennsylvania. When Howard Stern show was looking for a straight personality to balance out his zaniness, they heard her audition and hired her immediately.
Shaggy
Remember Shaggy, the reggae singer from the 90s? Before we danced to his hits “Bombastic” and “It Wasn’t Me,” he served as part of the 10th Marine Regiment in the United States Marine Corps. Having moved to the US from Jamaica at 18, he found some early success with his music, but when it proved difficult to keep the success going, he signed up for the Marines. Two years after joining, the Gulf War broke out and in 1991 he was deployed to Kuwait. The war sobered him up and helped him focus. He dedicated himself to his music and in 1993 released his debut album. Soon after, he enjoyed the peak of his success during the mid 1990s through 2000.