Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on September 15, 2026
By: Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S. Sanders
Executive Editor’s note: The following selection was taken from the newly released book, “Ortiz’s War: The Allies’ Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France.” Col Peter Ortiz, twice the recipient of the Navy Cross, is among the most colorful, swashbuckling...
Posted on September 15, 2026
By: Jeff Horowitz
The marathon has always been more than just a race. As the saying goes, attributed to the great Olympic long-distance running champion Emil Zatopek, “If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run...
Posted on August 14, 2026
By: Kipp Hanley
It was Thanksgiving in 1972, and the Quantico football team was flying back from Cincinnati, Ohio, after trouncing the Xavier Musketeers 34-0.While approaching the runway at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., the flight crew of another aircraft in the airspace...
Posted on August 14, 2026
By: Kayla Workman
For some people, Sept. 11, 2001, has become a blur of distant news footage and historical footnotes. But for the Marines who stood in the dust of the Pentagon’s west wing after the attack, it wasn’t history yet, it was...
Posted on August 14, 2026
By: Kyle Watts
INTRODUCTION It’s spring 2026 near Richmond, Va. Everyone sits around the kitchen table. Most of us coming on duty arrived before dawn, swapping our gear on the trucks with the firefighters ending their shift. Now, those coming on and those...
All Feature Articles
Posted on September 15, 2026
By: Chris Kuhns
Surrounded by pines and oak trees on a range in Quantico, Va., a Marine crouches in the underbrush. Beneath his flak vest and atop his...
Posted on February 15, 2026
By: Chris Kuhns
Executive Editor’s note: We bring you this story in recognition of National K9 Veterans Day on March 13. It marks the date in 1942 when...
Posted on June 15, 2025
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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