On Duty: August 26 – September 1
LCpls Cody Varnell and Nick Lacarra, military working dog handlers with Weapons Company, 3d Battalion, Third Marine Regiment, toss around a baseball outside their sleeping quarters following a training day during Exercise Enhanced Mojave Viper at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 25, 2011.
Cpl Reece Lodder
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 awarded 18 Marines their combat aircrew wings at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2011.
Cpl Samantha H. Arrington
Marines with 3d Bn, 3d Marines, hike toward Range 101 to conduct a battlesight zero exercise at Range 101 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 27, 2011. The Marines of 3/3 traveled from Hawaii to California last week to begin the 35-day Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise here.
Cpl Reece Lodder
Marines aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., help clean up the mess left by Hurricane Irene, Aug. 29, 2011. Hurricane Irene hit the area Aug. 27, leaving a path of destruction aboard MCAS New River, N.C, and coastal Carolina.
LCpl Martin R. Egnash
Gen James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, meets with Marines stationed at the U.S. Embassy, Lima. Gen Amos visited the Marines while attending the Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference (MLAC) 2011.
LCpl Angel Canosaldivias
Marines from 6th Communications Bn, Fourth Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve present the American flag during the opening ceremony at the U.S. Open Tournament in Arthur Ashe Stadium, NYC, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2011.
John Manley
Sailors and Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, wait for physical training to begin aboard amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), Aug. 30, 2011.
Cpl John M. Raufmann
Marines with Military Police Support Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, depart their vehicles for a debrief Aug. 30, 2011, after completing a scenario during mounted patrols and convoy operations at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan.
LCpl Matheus J. Hernandez
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"We've Fought In Every Clime And Place": Stamping out the Caco Insurrection in the Republic d' Haiti.
"From Dawn To Setting Sun": Marine Occupation in Defense of Shanghai, March, 1927.
"Our Flag's Unfurled To Every Breeze": Punitive Expedition against Qhallah Battoo, February, 1832.
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"On The Land As On The Sea": The "Bon Homme Richard" encounters the "Serapis," September 23, 1779.
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"On The Land As On The Sea": The "Bon Homme Richard" encounters the "Serapis," September 23, 1779.
"We Fight Our Country's Battles": The fall of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in 1865.
"First To Fight For Right And Freedom": The Marine expedition in Cuba in June, 1898.
“To The Shores Of Tripoli”: Storming the fortifications at Derne, Tripoli, 1805.
"From The Halls Of Montezuma": The assault on Chapultepec Castle--Mexico City, 1847
Marine patrol fired on while fording the Coco River.
“To The Shores Of Tripoli”: Storming the fortifications at Derne, Tripoli, 1805.
"From The Halls Of Montezuma": The assault on Chapultepec Castle--Mexico City, 1847
Marine patrol fired on while fording the Coco River.
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.
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