This Month's Features
By: Sam Lichtman
The date, April 30, 1967. The place, a few miles northwest of Khe Sanh. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 3rd Marine Division are preparing to assault Hill 881 and dislodge the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces emplaced in...
By: Sam Lichtman
Technical Data Weight: 6 lbs. 12 oz. w/ empty magazine Overall Length: 38 ½” Barrel Length: 20” Chambering: 5.56×45 mm M193 Feed System: 20-round detachable box magazine Operating System: Select-fire, hybrid direct-impingement/internal piston Rate of Fire: 700-800 rounds per minute...
By: Sam Lichtman
For Colonel Stuart W. Glenn, it’s an opportunity to test his skills in military strategy at the Commandant’s Cup Wargaming Tournament finals. For Lance Corporal Omariyon Wright, it’s a chance to “stay in the know… [about] all the modern-day technology,...
By: Kyle Watts
First Lieutenant Harris Himes stabbed holes around the side of an empty C-ration can. He ignited a heat tab inside and warmed his breakfast over the flame. The alien aroma of beans and weenies flared his hunger pangs, gratefully supplanting...
By: William J. Prom
It was Dec. 18, 1965, and First Lieutenant Harvey “Barney” Barnum maneuvered east along a dirt road that crossed hills of dense jungle and wound around flooded rice paddies of the Quế Sơn Valley with the rest of Company H,...
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By: Sam Lichtman
The date, April 30, 1967. The place, a few miles northwest of Khe Sanh. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 3rd Marine Division are...
By: Sam Lichtman
Technical Data Weight: 6 lbs. 12 oz. w/ empty magazine Overall Length: 38 ½” Barrel Length: 20” Chambering: 5.56×45 mm M193 Feed System: 20-round detachable...
By: Sam Lichtman
For Colonel Stuart W. Glenn, it’s an opportunity to test his skills in military strategy at the Commandant’s Cup Wargaming Tournament finals. For Lance Corporal...
By: Kyle Watts
First Lieutenant Harris Himes stabbed holes around the side of an empty C-ration can. He ignited a heat tab inside and warmed his breakfast over...
By: William J. Prom
It was Dec. 18, 1965, and First Lieutenant Harvey “Barney” Barnum maneuvered east along a dirt road that crossed hills of dense jungle and wound...
By: Chris Kuhns
As Americans read their morning newspapers on Sept. 15, 1950, headlines such as “Seoul Port Isle Falls to Marines in Brief Battle” in Washington D.C.’s...
By: Kipp Hanley
Bill Beach could always shoot a rifle. As a Depression-era child, the Kentucky native could light a matchstick from 100 yards out with his .22....
By: John A. Butler III
The 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment was one of nine infantry battalions of the 5th Marine Division activated in early January 1944 at Camp Pendleton,...
By: Abigail Grysban
Executive Editor’s note: June 27 is PTSD awareness day. We bring you this article to reinforce the importance of speaking openly about PTSD and other...
By: Maj Allan C. Bevilacqua, USMC (Ret)
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the September 2016 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. “Due to all the rains, the river is so high...
Since 1998, the USMC Scout Sniper Association (SSA) has fervently supported the proud brotherhood of Marine Corps scout snipers. Tom Ferran, a scout sniper and...
By: Michael Dan Kellum
Editor’s note: The following is a Leatherneck archives story from May of 2018. We are re-publishing it in recognition of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage...
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