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The Battle of the Emerald Wadi

By: Maj Clinton A. Culp, USMC (Ret)

From the Leatherneck Archives: March 2015 Editor’s note: The following article, written by the commander of Weapons Company, pro-vides a firsthand account of 3rd Battalion, 6th...

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Team Rubicon Answers the Call After the Texas Floods

By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR

Team Rubicon has made a name for itself by leading from the front and being on the ground in some of the world’s largest and...

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All Guns Blazin': The Legend of Sgt Matthew Abbate

By: Kyle Watts

Author’s note: By the time I left active duty in 2013, I knew the name “Abbate.” Sergeant Matthew Abbate posthumously received the Navy Cross in...

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Homefront Heroes: Marines Recall Lifesaving Actions During Hurricane Katrina

By: Kyle Watts

The Iraq war didn’t go as planned for Jerod Murphy, but it started out the way any Marine might have hoped. He was there at...

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The Storm is Over

By: R. R. Keene

From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991   It was all but over in 100 hours. Saddam Hussein, in his bunker, still babbled something about his...

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The Ring: A Tale of Tragedy, Love And Serendipity

By: Kipp Hanley

In the fall of 1972, First Lieutenant Henry N. Pilger was 24 years old, a newly minted Marine Corps aviator, husband and first-time father. Known...

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"This is My Rifle" - From the Hill Fights in Vietnam to Today: The History of the M16

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...

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This is My Rifle: M16A1

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...

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Modern Day Marine: The Future of Fighting Now

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...

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The Birthday Brawl: Tankers Hold the Line at Khe Sanh

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...

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500 Meters to Ky Phu

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...

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Making the Impossible Look Easy: Operation Chromite

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...

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