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...
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Posted on November 15, 2023
By: Maj Richard A. “Rick” Stewart, USMC (Ret)
As the Marine Corps has shifted its focus toward forward deployed expeditionary forces at strategic points in the Pacific, particularly Guam, it is worth looking...
Posted on October 17, 2023
By: Patrick Reed
In November 1943, 21-year-old Private First Class Lupe Gasca waded slowly through chest-deep water, toward the small strip of coral clouded by dark gray...
Posted on October 17, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) perform one of the most critical functions of the Marine Corps. They serve as the first line of leadership in every small...
Posted on October 17, 2023
A sharp fight for a nameless ridge and a ravine led to a bloody sacrifice for the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. October 1942 was a...
Posted on September 15, 2023
A row of MAG 26 A-4 Skyhawks line up at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Multiple aerial surveillance missions were conducted...
Posted on September 15, 2023
The 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) landed in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 29, 1983. The Marines came ashore with mixed feelings. They were the fourth...
Posted on August 15, 2023
Editor’s note: We are publishing Col Patty Klop’s story to reinforce the importance of speaking openly about PTSD and other mental health issues and to...
Posted on August 15, 2023
By: Dr. Edward T. Nevgloski, Ph.D.
On Oct. 14, 1962, photographic evidence produced by an American U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft revealed the construction of Soviet medium-range nuclear ballistic missile sites in...
Posted on July 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
By Kyle Watts The U.S. Air Force C-17 began its final descent in preparation for landing. Corporal Von Straight sat packed in among the 25...
Posted on July 15, 2023
By: Col Mary H. Reinwald, USMC (Ret)
Most Marines know that the fabric of our Corps is woven from throughout the nation. Marines join from every state and even from foreign countries,...
Posted on June 15, 2023
By: Sam Lichtman
“My predecessor told me … ‘we don’t have lightsabers and hover tanks in the basement here, but it’s right down the road.’ ” —Colonel Frederick...
Posted on June 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
This year marks several significant milestones in the legacy of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. July 11 marks the band’s 225th anniversary, and...
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