Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
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 4, 2022
By: Sam Lichtman
By Sam Lichtman Perhaps more than any other military rifle, John Garand’s iconic M1 holds a special place in the hearts of military riflemen and...
Posted on September 4, 2022
By: Mike Miller
Patriot Led a Life of Military Service, Culminating in Medal of Honor By Mike Miller Pvt Hugh Purvis received the Medal of Honor in 1872,...
Posted on September 3, 2022
Nuclear Rocket Artillery in the Cold War By Jonathan Bernstein When atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, they effectively ended...
Posted on September 3, 2022
By: Sara Bock
Is Newest Addition To MCA’s Library of Audio Content By Sara W. Bock When Vic Ruble joined the staff of the Marine Corps Association last...
Posted on September 2, 2022
By: Compilation
From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991 Stories from the Marines on the Ground Jan. 15, 1991, Was Payday at the Front, But Nobody Remembers It Just hours before...
Posted on September 2, 2022
By: Sara W. Bock
As Afghan Evacuees Arrive at Quantico, Marines Get Creative to Bridge Cultural Divide By Sara W. Bock In 2009, Marine Corps combat artist Kris...
Posted on September 1, 2022
West Coast Base Blends Historic Architecture With the Corps’ Modern Mission By Barbara McCurtis One of the first platoons to graduate from the new West...
Posted on September 1, 2022
By Dr. Barry Erdman Looking east from the Marine barracks in Adak with the Great Sitkin volcano visible in the distance during the winter of...
Posted on September 20, 2021
UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the increasing COVID cases in the national Capitol Region, the 41st Modern Day Marine Exposition was cancelled. At the Crossroads of...
Posted on April 15, 2013
“Scarlet and gold” oozes out of every nook and cranny of Bartlett Hall. Sporting a cherished post office box of “1775,” most of the 108...
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