November 2009

Crazy Caption Contest

CURRENT ISSUE

INSIDE ISSUE

Marines stationed in Peking and Tient­sin, China, and Iceland wore the “Mongolian p***-cutter” made of lamb’s wool or, reputedly, cat’s fur.(Courtesy of the National Museum of the Marine Corps)

Petty Officer First Class Adrian Trollip, a Seabee builder assigned to NMCB-5, home-based at Port Hueneme, Calif., helps construct the MEB-Afghani­stan combat operations center at Camp Leatherneck.
(Photo by Cpl Aaron Rooks)

Marine veteran Wesley I. Slagle sent us this 1922 photograph of his father, John W. Slagle, taken while he was serving in the Dominican Republic with the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force during the “Banana Wars.” John Slagle also served in USS Utah and USS St. Louis.
(Photo courtesy of Marin

The Current Crazy Caption Winner Is:

(Photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Shawn P. Eklund, USN)

“Maybe they’re just selling hatchets.”

Dream Up Your Own Crazy Caption

Here's your chance to dream up your own Crazy Caption. Leatherneck will pay $25 for the craziest one received. It's easy.

Simply send us an e-mail with your own caption to: leatherneck@mca-marines.org. Or, just print this page and write your caption in the space provided below.

Be sure to fill in your name and complete address. Mail the caption to:

Leatherneck Magazine, P.O. Box 1775, Quantico, VA 22134.

The winning entry will be published in two months.

(Photo by LCpl Daniel A. Flynn)

Caption:

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