Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on November 1, 2026
By: Sara W. Bock
This article was originally published in the November 2014 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. Between its recognizable melody and iconic lyrics, "The Marines' Hymn" is arguably the most well-known of the U.S. military songs. For Marines both past and present, the...
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 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...
Posted on May 15, 2023
From the Leatherneck Archives: Feb. 15, 1945, Pacific Edition A shrieking Marine-piloted Corsair dived on its Marshall Island target. Its bombs released, smoke and dust shrouding the atoll....
Posted on May 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
In late September 1968, Bob Skeels stepped off a plane at Quang Tri Combat Base. The aircraft delivered three of Bob’s friends to Vietnam alongside...
Posted on April 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
Revealing the Lasting Impact of Corporal Jason Dunham In 2003, film producer and director David Kniess caught a red-eye flight from California, bound for the...
Posted on April 15, 2023
Marines Walk from East Coast to West Coast To Raise Awareness, Money for MIA Recovery Early in 2020, Sergeant Major Justin LeHew, USMC (Ret) had...
Posted on March 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
On Saturday, Oct. 21, 1967, David Jensen was working at a caterer’s office in Hales Corners, Wis. As the 18-year-old prepared orders for the coming...
Posted on March 15, 2023
By: Sam Lichtman
Capt Jeremy Nelson fires the Beretta M9 during a weapons marksmanship course at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by Sgt Bobby J. Yarbrough,...
Posted on February 15, 2023
Somewhere out in the Pacific is a young Marine who need not be there. He could have been home for Christmas, the next, and the...
Posted on February 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
True disciples, spreading the belt-fed gospel with the enemy. (USMC photos) In September of 2017, Adam Krick opened Instagram on...
Posted on January 15, 2023
Private Marvin Elmer Muehl leaned against the steel bulkhead, feeling a shudder of relief as the metal chilled the sweat running down his back. Creature...
Posted on January 15, 2023
By: Kyle Watts
James Stogner received the Navy Cross on April 5, 2019. The ceremony in Polson, Mont., took place on the 52nd anniversary of his heroic actions...
Posted on December 15, 2022
By: Kyle Watts
A dichotomy of perception resounds today, as true as it has for decades. One group has always viewed tattooed Marines as a stigma, a mark...
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