By: LtCol Brad Anderson, USMC (Ret) and Katie Cashwell
Marines are well known for our near-religious commitment to understanding our Corps’ history and for personifying our commitment to our roots. We wear that heritage on our uniforms, but more importantly, we feel it in our hearts. We bear that...
“The Commandant’s Own” A Living Expression of Marine Corps History The first time I interviewed Marines of “The Commandant’s Own” United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, they carried neither drum nor bugle, but a tape measure.Walking onto the hallowed...
FIRST PLACE WINNER: Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest Executive Editor’s note: The following article received 1st place in the 2026 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the Colonel Charles E. Michaels Foundation and is being...
Editor's Note: Leatherneck contributor 1st Sgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter was awarded the Master Sergeant Tom Bartlett Award at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation annual awards program this spring with this 2024 article titled “A Small Piece of Cloth: The History of...