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Shot Down in North Korea: The Bill Henson Story
By BGen George L. Bartlett, USMC (Ret)
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“Mississippi No More”
Drill Instructor School, MCRD San Diego

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Corps Daily News

Last updated: 2:31 p.m. EST 05 February 2010

Breaking Ground For New Marine Barracks At "8th & I"
(Biz Journals) New!
Special Exercise: Marines Help Out While Training On Residents' Property
(The Index Journal) New!
A Muscle Car, Wrapped For U.S. Combat Veterans
(The Philidelphia Inquirer) New!
New Exhibits At the National Museum Of The Marine Corps Will Give Immersion Into Battles
(fredericksburg.com) New!
Steven Spielberg Interview: HBO's "The Pacific"
(collider.com) New!
1stLt Brian Stann: Living The All-American Dream
(Fight Magazine) New!
Drew Brees, A Field Leader And Saints' Cheerleader, Learned From Marines
(indystar.com) New!
Deficits In A Growing Defense Budget
(cfr.org) New!
Remembering The End Of Military Segregation
(dvidshub.net) New!
Budget Debate: Pay Raise Vs. Tricare
(Jacksonville Daily News) New!
Lejeune Contaminated Water Bill Lives On
(publicbroadcasting.net) New!
Marines On Military's Ban On Gays (With Audio)
(National Public Radio) New!
Opinion: Gay Policy: A Danger To Military Discipline
(ocregister.com) New!
U.S. Commanders In Afghanistan Face Tougher Discipline For Battlefield Failures
(The Washington Post)
Marines Poised For Marjeh Offensive
(Stars And Stripes)
32 Taliban, 3 Afghans Killed In Fighting
(CNN)
Gen McChrystal Sees Improvement In Afghanistan
(Stars And Stripes)
U.S. Military Rushes Delivery Of Bomb Dogs To Iraq
(The Associated Press)
Okinawa Call To Shape New U.S.-Japan Era
(Asia Times)
Interview With Under Secretary Of The Navy and Former Marine Robert Work
(cfr.org)

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Making Headlines

Joint Strike Fighter

There will be changes at the top of the Defense Department's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.

MARINE CORPS RELIEF EFFORTS

PHOTOS:

* Marines Distribute Aid

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* Bloggers Roundtable With USS Bataan Senior, Fleet Surgical Team (FST)

VIDEO:

* Navy Ships Leave Haiti
* More Marines In Haiti Cleaning Up & Distributing Supplies
* 22d MEU Provides Supplies To Remote Locations
* MV-22 Osprey Used In Haiti
* 22d MEU Flexes Its Muscles In Haiti* Marines React After Haiti Earthquake
* 24th MEU Changes Course

STORIES:

* Aviation Assets Provide Capability, Flexibility For 24th MEU In Haiti New!
* Fightertown C-12 Crew Supports Haiti Relief New!
* U.S. Marines Seize Haitian Photographer's Camera New!
* Marines Reunite Haitian Girl, Father With Family
* Marines In Haiti Work To Deliver Without Fostering Dependence
* Marines Erect Interim Care Facility, Participate In Food Push Haiti Relief Efforts
* USS Vinson To Leave Haiti Soon, Signaling Turning Point In Air Efforts
* Three Weeks Since Devastating Quake, Relief Efforts Continue
* Haiti Earthquake: Sovereignty Takes Back Seat As U.S. Takes Command
* U.S. Marines Deliver Aid To Haiti (With Video)
* Haiti Victims' Medical Needs Shift Away From Trauma (With Video)

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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Stern Gate Leap

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U.S. Navy Seaman Norman E. Gresham waits to assist a Marine onto a landing craft utility during a stern gate marriage in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock USS Denver in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 1, 2010. The Marines are assigned to the 31st MEU. Denver is part of the Essex ARG and is conducting spring patrol.
(U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3d Class Casey H. Kyhl)

Afghan Locals Return To Now Zad

Locals are returning to Now Zad after the Marines were successful in forcing the Taliban out of the area.

WEB FEATURES

OTHER MULTIMEDIA:

PHOTOS: Navy To Commission Littoral Combat Ship Independence Read. See photo slideshow.

AUDIO: U.S. Marine Corps Capt Clark Carpenter, Public Affairs Officer with the 22d Marine Expeditionary UniT, discusseS the MEU’s upcoming deployment to Haiti and getting the unit embarked and underway. Listen.

VIDEO: Navajo Code Talkers Honored In New York. Watch.

PDF: Marine Corps Vision And Strategy 2025 (Updated With Video) Read.

PHOTOS: This collection of remarkable photographs by AP photographer David Guttenfelder portrays the stark reality of combat in Afghanistan. See gallery.

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Inside Leatherneck Online - Magazine of the Marines | marines, cartoons, lingo, covers, famous quotes,

FAMOUS QUOTES

Check out Leatherneck's Famous Marine Quotes, then send us your worthy quote. If we select your quote we will list it and give you credit.

LEATHERNECK LINGO

Do you know Marine Corps lingo? Need a brush up? You've come to the right place. See how much you know.

40 YEARS AGO

Leatherneck takes a light-hearted look back at 1969. Enjoy covers with combat art, cartoons, funny anecdotes, and tales of liberty in the Caribbean.

1930s CARTOONS

View several cartoons featured in Leatherneck Magazine during the 1930s.

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