As Adam became an adult, he earned so much money from fossil hunting that he haggled unlucky Bo to attend the army in prep for the Vietnam war, because he's not suitable for the job. Nonetheless, he did shed tears and felt some remorse when many of his friends and supposed enemies got killed in that war, except for the Buchanan brothers, who survived.
At the same time, he became villainous and rather domineering like his dad, albeit more cunning yet really lonely in nature and found out that he, Austin, Bo and Clint are all unlucky in love.
