Leatherneck - Magazine of the Marines

Pfc Frank J. Matthews sat resting on the ground with his returning patrol. His wrist was aching more than usual today, and he rubbed the dirty bandage that encircled it and held together his tattered flesh. From somewhere among the numbers of resting Marines, he heard a voice calling, “Matthews … Frank Matthews … Has anyone seen Matthews?” “He’s over here,” an anonymous voice directed.

For the third year in a row, the Marine Corps took home the most medals during Warrior Games in Colorado Spring, CO. To see the final results of the weeks’ events, click here.

With the advances made in battlefield medicine and orthopedic prosthetics over the last decade, seriously injured servicemembers are able to return to active lifestyles after their wounds have been healed.

The new film “Until They Are Home” from filmmaker Steven C. Barber premieres Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, at the Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles. “Until They Are Home, ” narrated by Kelsey Grammer and featuring a song by Clint Black, is the much anticipated sequel to “Return To Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story.”

Watch Col John Keenan, USMC(Ret), editor of the Marine Corps Gazette, interview award winners at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's C4 Awards Dinner April 19, 2012. Listen to the incredible stories of these amazing Marines.

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen James Amos delivers remarks at the Naval War College on the future of military operations, State of the U.S. Marine Corps and its role in the new Pacific Strategy April 25, 2012.