This Month's Features
By: Kyle Watts
The Iraq war didn’t go as planned for Jerod Murphy, but it started out the way any Marine might have hoped. He was there at the very beginning. He deployed in 2003 as the maintenance chief of 3rd Platoon (Reinforced),...
By: R. R. Keene
From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991 It was all but over in 100 hours. Saddam Hussein, in his bunker, still babbled something about his army’s might, but few were listening. America and its allies had decapitated him from his...
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 as ‘Captain Easy’ on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy just a few years...
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By: Kyle Watts
The Iraq war didn’t go as planned for Jerod Murphy, but it started out the way any Marine might have hoped. He was there at...
By: R. R. Keene
From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991 It was all but over in 100 hours. Saddam Hussein, in his bunker, still babbled something about his...
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...
By: Sam Lichtman
The date, April 30, 1967. The place, a few miles northwest of Khe Sanh. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 3rd Marine Division are...
By: Sam Lichtman
Technical Data Weight: 6 lbs. 12 oz. w/ empty magazine Overall Length: 38 ½” Barrel Length: 20” Chambering: 5.56×45 mm M193 Feed System: 20-round detachable...
By: Sam Lichtman
For Colonel Stuart W. Glenn, it’s an opportunity to test his skills in military strategy at the Commandant’s Cup Wargaming Tournament finals. For Lance Corporal...
By: Kyle Watts
First Lieutenant Harris Himes stabbed holes around the side of an empty C-ration can. He ignited a heat tab inside and warmed his breakfast over...
By: William J. Prom
It was Dec. 18, 1965, and First Lieutenant Harvey “Barney” Barnum maneuvered east along a dirt road that crossed hills of dense jungle and wound...
By: Chris Kuhns
As Americans read their morning newspapers on Sept. 15, 1950, headlines such as “Seoul Port Isle Falls to Marines in Brief Battle” in Washington D.C.’s...
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....
By: John A. Butler III
The 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment was one of nine infantry battalions of the 5th Marine Division activated in early January 1944 at Camp Pendleton,...
By: Abigail Grysban
Executive Editor’s note: June 27 is PTSD awareness day. We bring you this article to reinforce the importance of speaking openly about PTSD and other...
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