This Month's Features
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 Month. Few people know what it's really like to cheat death, but many Marines and...
By: Barrett Tillman
Executive Editor’s note: We fully realize that it’s a risky maneuver to create a list of the “best of” anything. Not everything could make the list; we’d love to hear from our readers about which aircraft would make your list....
By: Dr. Laurence M. Burke II
Alfred Austell Cunningham is rightly celebrated as the “Father of Marine Corps Aviation.” His arrival at the Navy’s aviation training camp is the birth date of Marine aviation, and in fact, his own lobbying for aviation in the Marine Corps...
By: Kyle Watts
Author’s note: To the Marines of MAP 7, thank you for entrusting me with your experiences and allowing me to share them. I hope what follows may appropriately honor the memory of your fallen and elevate your service toward the...
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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...
By: Barrett Tillman
Executive Editor’s note: We fully realize that it’s a risky maneuver to create a list of the “best of” anything. Not everything could make the...
By: Dr. Laurence M. Burke II
Alfred Austell Cunningham is rightly celebrated as the “Father of Marine Corps Aviation.” His arrival at the Navy’s aviation training camp is the birth date...
By: Kyle Watts
Author’s note: To the Marines of MAP 7, thank you for entrusting me with your experiences and allowing me to share them. I hope what...
By: Edward T. Nevgloski, Ph.D.
The month-long battle for Belleau Wood in June 1918 during World War I rightly commands a prominent place in Marine Corps history. After all, the...
By: Robert Roth
Executive Editor’s note: I was contacted by Robert Roth, a Marine who served in Vietnam. He sent me an essay he wrote about how he...
By: Kyle Watts
When I think of a Marine recruiter, I am immediately transported to an unfamiliar couch in a flawless office. Motivational posters adorn the walls in...
By: Frank H. Rentfrow
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the January 1939 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. It was a hot July day in 1862. Aboard the battle-wrecked...
By: Mac Caltrider
Executive Editor’s note: This article exemplifies the bravery of a small band of Marines as the U.S. was entering its most turbulent time as a...
By: Col Dwight Sullivan, USMCR (Ret)
Two men lay prone in the Maryland countryside, shouldering Springfield rifles. Each fired a spotting round at a target 200 yards away. The younger man,...
By: Cyril J. O'Brien
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. In recognition of Black History Month, Leatherneck is re-publishing the story....
By: Kyle Watts
Editor's note: This story originally ran in the April 2017 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. On Jan. 20, 2017, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered...
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