Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on October 15, 2026
By: Kayla Workman
There is a distinct gravity that commands the air around a U.S. Marine Corps memorial.Time seems to slow its heavy march. Voices drop to a murmur, and strangers fall into a kind of synchronized silence. Some stand still before the...
Posted on October 15, 2026
By: LtCol Brad Anderson, USMC (Ret) and Katie Cashwell
While locked at the position of attention, the Crucible completed, standing in formation sweaty, sandy, exhausted and hungry yet beaming with pride, few Marines can forget the first time they sang “The Marines’ Hymn.” After weeks enduring hard training, long...
Posted on October 15, 2026
By: Kyle Watts
In October 2021, brothers Gerry and Rudy Gonzalez stood watching in rapt attention the men surrounding them. Many years younger than the rest, the brothers captured the moment on film as the Vietnam War veterans solemnly performed a ceremony of...
All Feature Articles
Posted on March 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
On Nov. 29, 2023, I had the opportunity to interview Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz, the recently appointed 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,...
Posted on February 15, 2024
By: Maj Skip Crawley, USMCR (Ret)
Ask any Marine who among the pantheon of notable and illustrious Marines between World War I and World War II were most responsible for the...
Posted on February 15, 2024
By: Andrew Biggio
Editor’s note: The following story is an excerpt from the book “The Rifle 2: Back to the Battlefield” by Andrew Biggio. When Biggio returned from...
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...
Posted on January 15, 2024
By: Abra Hogarth
The philosophy of the Young Marines still resonates with today’s youth—64 years after the organization’s inception. In the last decade-plus, numerous Young Marines have gone...
Posted on January 15, 2024
The moment the bow doors opened, and the ramp dropped on LSM-44, Company C’s tanks from the 5th Tank Battalion were on the move into...
Posted on January 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
Dusk settled over the hilltop on Feb. 24, 1969. Lance Corporal Patrick “Mac” McWilliams examined the Marines assigned to him for listening post (LP) duty....
Posted on December 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
Marines bear the responsibility of honoring and preserving our heritage. We are instilled with the significance of our history from the moment we set foot...
Posted on December 15, 2023
On Oct. 6, 1862, The New York Times ran a short article wedged in the corner of a page in their daily paper titled “Antietam...
Posted on December 15, 2023
By: Mac Caltrider
It’s a few minutes after 4 a.m. when Marine Staff Sergeant Steven McCall rolls out of bed. His alarm isn’t set to go off for...
Posted on November 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
Aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., one training company is tasked with producing a coveted and demanding Marine specialty—elite among the elite. Reconnaissance Training...
Posted on November 15, 2023
By: William Treuting
Opinion: Long-Delayed Video Game Delivers Realistic Depiction of Iraq Battle War has forever been entwined with popular culture. Artists have attempted to replicate, with great...
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