| Angela R. Febbraro | Dr. Febbraro is a defense scientist/research psychologist at Defense Research & Development Canada (DRDC)-Toronto. |
| Col Jerome M. Lynes, USMC(Ret) | Col Lynes is the Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff J–7, Joint Education and Doctrine Division. |
| Col Norman Cooling | Col Cooling commanded 3d Bn, 3d Mar from June 2004 to October 2006 and deployed in support of both OEF and OIF. He is currently the CO, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, CA. |
| Maj Scott E. Ukeiley | Maj Ukeiley’s current assignment is as the Marine Officer Instructor, Iowa State University. He is also a black belt MAI. This article was his 2002 Chase Prize Essay Contest entry. |
| Maj William H. Sager, USMCR (Ret) | Maj Sager served with U.S. Naval Group, China, and U.S. Naval Unit Ten. |
| Moana Tregaskis | Moana Tregaskis is the widow of Richard Tregaskis, author of “Guadalcanal Diary,” a book never to go out of print. She writes mainly about the Pacific and Asia, and WW II in the Pacific. She continues to visit Guadalcanal and neighboring islands from her home in Hawaii. |
| 1stLt Adam J. Franco | 1stLt Franco is currently with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines, and completed a 7-month deployment as a rifle platoon commander in Marjah and Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, in September 2010. |
| 1stLt B.L. Brewster | 1stLt Brewster is an infantry officer, has completed several combat deployments and has personal experience serving with women integrated at the tactical level. He is married and has three young sons. |
| 1stLt Daniel Durbin | 1stLt Durbin currently holds the billet of Student Administration Company Executive Officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, SOI-E. |
| 1stLt Daniel Walker | 1stLt Walker is a logistics officer currently assigned as the 2d MarDiv Maintenance Management Officer. His operational experience includes OEF 9.2. |
| 1stLt David Ryan | 1stLt Ryan is the VMFA–122 intelligence officer. |
| 1stLt Garth M. Langley | First Lt Garth Langley is the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade PAO. He was commissioned via the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) program in July 2010. |
| 1stLt James H. Ferguson | 1stLt Ferguson is currently the Executive Officer, Battery I, 3/12, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines. He served as 2d Platoon Commander, Battery I, 3/12, while attached to Regimental Combat Team 2. His platoon was assigned a provisional infantry mission in the Kajaki District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during a 7-month deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 10–1. |
| 1stLt Jason R. Pollard | 1stLt Pollard is currently an Active Reserve Marine assigned to School of Infantry-East, Marine Combat Training Battalion. He recently returned from his second deployment to Iraq where he served as weapons platoon commander and FiST leader during the predeployment workup and as the company executive officer for the deployment. |
| 1stLt Jeffrey D. Wright | 1stLt Wright is currently deployed to Iraq as the effects advisor to an Iraqi infantry battalion. |
| 1stLt John P. Krudy | 1stLt Krudy is a border advisor with Border Advisor Team 1/6, preparing to deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. He deployed on the 11th MEU as a platoon commander with Company L, BLT 3/1, and later served as its executive officer. |
| 1stLt Joseph Zane | Prior to attending The Basic School, 1stLt Zane completed a master’s degree with an emphasis in international relations from the University of Oklahoma. Pursuant to his master’s, 1stLt Zane wrote a thesis critiquing U.S. policy in Afghanistan from the withdrawal of Soviet troops to the rise of the Taliban, 1989–94. He is currently attending the Basic Communications Officer Course and joined MAG–12 as their S–6 (communications officer) in January. |
| 1stLt Matthew F. Cancian | 1stLt Cancian deployed as a forward observer with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, to Sangin from March–October 2011. He is currently the Executive Officer, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines. |
| 1stLt Michael Dan Kellum | First Lt Michael Dan Kellum, USMCR served under LtCol Leftwich in 2/1 in 1970. He is the author of “Books I and II, American Heroes: Grunts, Pilots & ‘Docs.’ ” The books are available through Navarro-Hill Publishing Group, P.O. Box 1088, Longview, TX 75606, or www.MichaelDanKellum.com. |
| 1stLt R.K. Wallace | 1stLt Wallace is an infantry officer, has completed several combat deployments and has personal experience serving with women integrated at the tactical level. He is married and has three young sons. |
| 1stLt Richard W. Fox | 1stLt Fox is a ground intelligence officer currently assigned to the 1st Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team, Camp Fallujah, Iraq. He has served in this capacity for almost 1 year as the team’s intelligence advisor. Prior to this deployment, 1stLt Fox was the intelligence officer with 2d Bn, 9th Mar. |
| 1stLt Robert Casper | 1stLt Casper is the CO, Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines. The battalion returned from deployment as the battalion landing team for 15th MEU during which time the battalion conducted bilateral training in Kuwait, Jordan, and Hawaii. |
| 1stLt Robert K Wallace, USMC 0302/7584 | Assistant Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 4th Marines. |
| 1stLt Zachary Martin | 1stLt Martin is a LAR platoon commander with Company C, 3d LAR Bn. |
| 1stSgt Steven M. Burkett | 1stSgt Burkett is the Senior Enlisted Advisor, Region 2, Near East and South Asia, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group. |
| 2dLt Jason Haag | 2dLt Haag is the 4th Platoon Commander, Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Corps Logistics Regiment and is currently deployed to Iraq. |
| 2dLt Kendall Ignatz | 2dLt Ignatz was commissioned in May 2011 from the U.S. Naval Academy. He recently completed Combat Engineer Officer Class 4–12 and is assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Pendleton. |
| 2dLt Matthew L. Chapa | Second Lt Matthew Chapa hails from Houston and was commissioned through the NROTC unit at Texas A&M on Aug. 14, 2009. He is attending The Basic School in Quantico, Va., as a member of TBS Class 3-10, 6th Platoon, “Delta” Company, scheduled to graduate Nov. 4, 2010. |
| Adam Cobb | Dr. Cobb is a Professor of International Relations, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps Base Quantico. |
| Agostino von Hassell | Mr. Von Hassell has written widely about the U.S. Marine Corps and other subjects and runs a national consulting firm in New York City. |
| Allan T. Duffin | Allan T. Duffin is a freelance writer, television producer and Air Force veteran with service in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. His new book, “History in Blue: 160 Years of Women Police, Sheriffs, Detectives, and State Troopers,” was published by Kaplan and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Duffin’s Web site is www.aduffin.com. |
| Andrew Lubin | Andrew Lubin is an author and journalist. He writes on the Marine Corps, current events and international relations, and has appeared on FOX, ABC and CNN. He is the author of “Charlie Battery: A Marine Artillery Unit in Iraq,” and “Keep Moving or Die: Task Force Tarawa at An-Nasiriyah”. He can be reached through www.andrewlubin.com. |
| Andrew Lubin | Mr. Lubin is a defense journalist and author of Charlie Battery: A Marine Artillery Battery in Iraq (L&R Publishing, 2004). |
| Angie Caro | Ms Caro is an occupational analyst and graduate student in the human resources program at Rollins College. |
| Annette Amerman | Ms. Amerman is currently the Acting Branch Head, Historical Reference Branch, Marine Corps History Division. For nearly a decade she was the manager of the Lineage and Honors and Unit History Program at the History Division. She has authored numerous historical articles for Leatherneck magazine. A version of this article appeared in Fortitudine, Vol 36, 2011. |
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| Arthur P. Brill Jr. | In addition to writing for Leatherneck, retired Marine LtCol Arthur P. Brill Jr. writes on national security issues for defense publications. LtCol Brill commanded an infantry company in Vietnam and retired from active duty as the Corps’ press spokesman. He also was the media spokesman in key positions for the Carter and Reagan administrations. |
| Arthur P. Brill Jr. | In addition to writing for Leatherneck, retired Marine LtCol Arthur P. Brill Jr. writes on national security issues for defense publications. LtCol Brill commanded an infantry company in Vietnam and retired from active duty as the Corps’ press spokesman. He also was the media spokesman in key positions for the Carter and Reagan administrations. |
| Arthur P. Brill Jr. | In addition to writing for Leatherneck, retired Marine LtCol Arthur P. Brill Jr. writes on national security issues for defense publications. LtCol Brill commanded an infantry company in Vietnam and retired from active duty as the Corps’ press spokesman. He also was the media spokesman in key positions for the Carter and Reagan administrations. |
| Beth Crumley | Beth Crumley is a reference historian with the Marine Corps History Division, MCB Quantico, Va. She is the author of “The Marine Corps, Three Centuries of Glory” as well as several articles on Marine Corps history. |
| BGen Alexander P. McMillan, USMC(Ret) | BGen McMillan served as a recruiting station commander, Director, 1st Marine Corps District; Director, Marine Corps Recruiting, HQMC. He is the author of all four guidebooks/systematic recruiting publications. |
| BGen Edwin H. Simmons | To view BGen Simmons bio, click here |
| BGen Niel E. Nelson | BGen Nelson is the CG, Training Command. |
| BGen William Beydler | BGen Beydler is the Director, Strategy and Plans Division, PP&O, HQMC. |
| Billy Birdzell | Mr. Birdzell served as an infantry officer and MarSOC team leader from 2001 to 2009. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in security studies at Georgetown University. |
| Bing West | Mr. West served as a Marine in Vietnam. He is the author of numerous books and has embedded with frontline units across Afghanistan for the past 2 years. |
| Birney Dibble, M.D. | Birney Dibble enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and was a corpsman assigned to the base hospital, MCB Camp Lejeune, N.C. After WW II, he completed medical school and became a Navy Re-serve officer. Called to active duty, he spent 16 months with 1stMarDiv in Korea, 1951-53. As a surgeon, he has completed mission hospital service in numerous foreign countries. A prolific writer, he’s written seven books and dozens of articles. |
| Bradley M. Reynolds | Mr. Reynolds' article was published in the November 1982 issue of the MCG. Mr. Reynolds was not a Marine, but this article became part of his doctoral thesis at the University of California. He taught history and political science at the College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA. |
| BrigGen Edwin H. Simmons | Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, Sr. passed away on 5 May 2007 at the age of 85. Edwin Howard Simmons was born August 25, 1921, in Paulsboro, N.J., and graduated from high school there in 1938. He earned his B.A. degree in journalism in 1942 at Lehigh University where he was named a Phi Beta Kappa in 1941. He also holds a master's degree in journalism he earned in 1955 at Ohio State University. Prior to accepting his commission as a Marine second lieutenant on June 12, 1942, he held an Army Reserve commission. During World War II, he trained at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, V.A., and Camp Lejeune, N.C., prior to serving overseas with the 5th Field Depot in the South and Central Pacific. He took part in combat during the capture of Guam and later served with the 7th Service Regiment on Okinawa and in China. He was promoted to captain in January 1944 and to major in June 1949. Following the war, he served for three and one-half years as Managing Editor of the Marine Corps Gazette, then completed the Amphibious Warfare School, Junior Course, Quantico, in 1950. At the outbreak of the Korean conflict, he was serving with the Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Camp Lejeune. With his unit was part of the 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, he was ordered to Korea in August 1950 and participated in the Inchon Landing that September. He continued in combat as a weapons company commander during the North Korean Aggression, the Communist China Aggression and the First UN Counter Offensive; and as a battalion operations officer and executive officer during the Communist China Spring Offensive. Returning to the United States in July 1951, he served in various assignments with the Training and Replacement Command at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; with the Naval ROTC unit at Ohio State University; and with the G-4 Division at Headquarters Marine Corps. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in December 1954. From August 1959 until October 1960, he served as Naval Attache to the Dominican Republic. Prior to returning to the Dominican Republic in September 1961 as U.S. Military Liaison Officer, U.S. Embassy, Santo Domingo, he was assigned as Senior Editor, Publications Group, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico. In January 1962, he joined the Strategic Plans Section, G-3 Division at Headquarters Marine Corps, and in July 1963 was promoted to colonel. From July 1965 until July 1966, he served in Vietnam, first as G-3 of III Marine Amphibious Force, and later, as Commanding Officer, 9th Marine Regiment. Returning from Vietnam, he was a student at the National War College for the next year prior to reporting to Headquarters Marine Corps where he served as Deputy Fiscal Director of the Marine Corps from August 1967 until May 1970. He was advanced to the rank of brigadier general on June 1, 1968. Brigadier General Simmons returned to Vietnam for another one year tour, and served as Assistant Division Commander, 1st Marine Division (Rein), and subsequently as Deputy Commander, III Marine Amphibious Brigade. He returned to HeadquartersMarine Corps July 20 1971, where he became Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Strategic Studies. On Dec 1, 1971, he assumed duties as Director of Marine Corps History and Museums. He went on the retired list on July 1, 1972, but continued on active duty without interruption of service as Director of Marine Corps History and Museums. On July 1, 1978, he reverted to inactive status on the retired list. In late October 1978 he returned as a Civil Service employee to his previous position as Director of Marine Corps History and Museums. General Simmons has written for numerous military and general publications, including the Naval Review, Naval Institute Proceedings, Marine Corps Gazette, Sea Power, and Army. He is the author of the short history, The United States Marines, (published London, 1974, and New York, 1976) and has contributed extensively to various histories and standard works including the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Dictionary of American History. He is a fellow, governor, and treasurer of the Company of Military Historians and a member of the boards of trustees of the American Military Institute, the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation, and the United States Commission on Military History. He is also a past president of the 1st Marine Division Association, a life member and past president of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, and a former vice-president of the National War College Alumni Association. In 1970, he received a Centennial Distinguished Graduate Medallion from Ohio State University. A complete list of his medals and decorations include: the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star Medal, the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and two gold stars in lieu of a second and third award, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and gold star in lieu of a second award, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V", the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation with three bronze stars, the Navy Unit Commendation with one bronze star, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star, the Korean Service Medal with one silver star indicative of five bronze stars, the Vietnam Service Medal with one silver star, the National Order of Vietnam 5th Class, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with silver star and two palms, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Brigadier General Simmons is survived by his wife, the former Frances G. Bliss of Denver, Colorado, two sons, Edwin H. Jr., and Clarke V., and two daughters, Bliss and Courtney. |
| Bruce Martin | Bruce Martin joined the staff of Leatherneck magazine in October 1966. He did four combat tours in Vietnam, was awarded the Bronze Star medal with “V” and retired as a master sergeant. Also a retired middle-school teacher, he lived in Pensacola, Fla., with Judy, his wife of 45 years. MSgt Martin passed away right before this review went to press. |
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1888 – Marines landed in Korea and marched 25 miles to protect the Seoul Legation.
Related Articles: The March From Chemulpo To Seoul, Korea By H.C. Reisinger Marine Corps Gazette (June 1929)
Historic Leatherneck Magazine Covers
Leatherneck Staff Artist, Technical Sergeant Robert Fleischauer, felt that our July cover should be commemorative of the Fourth of July. Since the members of the missile units are probably the Corps' best rocketeers, he picked them to perform a standard Fourth of July action. Whether or not the "Honest Johnny" is useful as a combat piece is a matter for debate, but you can't beat it for morale." [July 1957.]
“The Join Up on the Nick” by Major Alex Durr, USMCR, a member of the History Division, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Va.
Hospitalman Daniel T. Bobic, assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, rappelled at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, in late April, 2002.
The oldest post of the Marine Corps, Washington, DC, is celebrating 200 years of excellence. Posed near the Barracks main gate were members of the official Color Guard of the United States Marine Corps (left to right): LCpl Joseph N. Keough, rifleman; Sgt Blake L. Richardson, Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps; Cpl Gerardo A. Guajardo, organizational color bearer; and LCpl Gregory A. Serwo, rifleman.
GySgt Verlando Frazier, East Coast Food Service Management Team, looked ready to dig into some of the new items included in MREs.
This photo by Sgt Earnie Grafton of Marines from Fox Co., 2/4 shows varied emotions as they greeted the coalition forces outside Kuwait city.
A fleet of trucks was needed to transport Dr. Felix de Weldon’s original model of the Iwo Jima flag-raising statue from the sculptor’s home in Newport, R.I., to the grounds of the Marine Military Academy at Harlingen, Texas. After the statue’s arrival, a nearly around-the-clock effort by skilled workmen was required in order to have the memorial reassembled and ready for dedication ceremonies on April 16, 1982.
In April this year (1981), two squadrons of AV-8A “Harriers” sailed for the Mediterranean aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau. Purpose of the cruise was to demonstrate the Navy/Marine Corps team’s capability to augment naval forces in any area of the World on short notice and to provide at-sea training for Marine Harrier pilots.
The cover of Leatherneck’s Bicentennial issue is an oil painting by the late Colonel Donald L. Dickson, USMCR. The painting depicts General George Washington’s Colonial troops at Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria, Va., during the French and Indian War.
Sightseeing tours for the men of the Marine Barracks, San Juan, Puerto Rico, include a trip to the El Morro Fortress. San Juan is now retired as a Post of the Corps.
The Marines in Vietnam have found that the programs which work best are those which operate close to the people. Our July cover is a mixed media (acrylic and charcoal) by Art Editor James L. Hopewell. It catches the spirit of Marines who enjoy their relationship with the Vietnamese around them.
In Naples, Italy, Marines are responsible for the internal security of the Headquarters of NATO’s Southern European Command, while the elite Carabinieri Corpa provides external security. PFC Robert M. Mallard’s NATO shield was admired by a Carabiniere as the two men prepared to take up their side-by-side posts at the entrance of the imposing NATO Headquarters, which appears in the background of this cover.
"We've Fought In Every Clime And Place": Stamping out the Caco Insurrection in the Republic d' Haiti.
Marine patrol fired on while fording the Coco River.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES: U.S. Marines And Miskito Indians: The Rio Coco Patrol Of 1928, published in the Marine Corps Gazette, November 1996.
Marine patrol fired on while fording the Coco River.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES: U.S. Marines And Miskito Indians: The Rio Coco Patrol Of 1928, published in the Marine Corps Gazette, November 1996.
January 2002: The Marines engraved another mark in the rich history of the Corps when they came from more than 400 miles offshore to establish a forward operating base south of Kandahar in the war on terrorism. The Marine CH-46 helicopter on the cover, photographed by PH1(AW/SW) Greg Messier, USN, fought in the desert sand to land and resupply Marines such as the ones (inset) photographed by Sgt Joseph R. Chenelly.
January 2001: This firefight during the Frozen Chosin Reservoir Campaign of 1950 was painted by “Chosin Few” veteran Jack Cannon, who served with Company B, 1st Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment and resides in the warmer climes of New Mexico. The cover was part of Leatherneck’s 50th anniversary salute to the Korean War veterans.
January 1992: This cover photograph of runners during Marine Corps Marathon XVI in Washington, D.C., was photographed by Sgt Deirdre Hallett.
January 1991: This month’s cover by Ross Simpson captures the Marines’ waiting-but-ready posture in the Middle East.
January 1982: Participants in the Sixth Annual Marine Corps Marathon presented a colorful spectacle as they began the 26-mile, 385-yard run in Washington, D.C., November 1, 1981. The cover photo, by Tom Bartlett, was taken from a bridge overlooking Highway 50 about a half-mile from the starting line.
January 1981: Nearly 7,800 runners participated in the Fifth Annual Marine Corps Marathon held in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The oldest finisher was 78; the youngest was 10. Leatherneck staffer Ron Lunn pre-positioned himself near the Nation’s Capitol to photograph runners during their 14th mile of the 26-mile, 385-yard course.
January 1972: This month’s cover, by Marine Combat Artist Peter Gish, shows members of the New Corps sightseeing in the Old World. While on liberty in Athens, Greece, the 3d Bn, Eighth Marines, were able to tour the Erektheon Porch and Cariatides. The water color is from the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Art collection.
Originally Published December 1983 -- Something tells us that we could date the cover without knowing when it was published.
Originally Published December 1972 -- We're not sure what's more interesting, Santa or the old style gas pump.
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