Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR
Lieutenant General Len “Loni” Anderson IV has served in top-tier Marine Corps units and key leadership positions throughout his career. He is the current Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Corps Forces South, as of March 21, 2024. Anderson...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Sam Lichtman
The future of Marine Corps warfighting was out on display in the nation’s capital earlier this year. Held April 28-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., the annual Modern Day Marine expo was where some of...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Cpl Alistair Watson
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest Executive Editor’s note: The following article received second 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...
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Posted on August 15, 2025
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...
Posted on June 15, 2025
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....
Posted on January 15, 2025
By: Kipp Hanley and Col Chris Tavuchis, USMC (Ret)
With the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific and the growth of the San Francisco Bay area military infrastructure, the United States Marine...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Kipp Hanley
Staff Sergeant Harry Harth’s remarkable, pain-filled journey back to being a Reconnaissance Marine has come to a storybook conclusion. On Sept. 25, 2022, Harth fell...
Posted on June 15, 2024
By: Kipp Hanley
In 1961, in the sleepy town of Marshalls Creek, Pa., everybody knew the Huffmans. Unfortunately for Joel Huffman, the town was also familiar with his...
Posted on February 15, 2024
By: Kipp Hanley
By the time Captain Riley Tejcek was 7 years old, her father, John, knew he was raising a tough kid. Tejcek sported a Power Rangers...
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