Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR
Lieutenant General Len “Loni” Anderson IV has served in top-tier Marine Corps units and key leadership positions throughout his career. He is the current Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Corps Forces South, as of March 21, 2024. Anderson...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Sam Lichtman
The future of Marine Corps warfighting was out on display in the nation’s capital earlier this year. Held April 28-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., the annual Modern Day Marine expo was where some of...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Cpl Alistair Watson
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest Executive Editor’s note: The following article received second place in the 2026 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the Colonel Charles E. Michaels Foundation and is being...
All Feature Articles
Posted on April 15, 2025
By: Barrett Tillman
Executive Editor’s note: We fully realize that it’s a risky maneuver to create a list of the “best of” anything. Not everything could make the...
Posted on April 15, 2025
Alfred Austell Cunningham is rightly celebrated as the “Father of Marine Corps Aviation.” His arrival at the Navy’s aviation training camp is the birth date...
Posted on April 15, 2025
By: Kyle Watts
Author’s note: To the Marines of MAP 7, thank you for entrusting me with your experiences and allowing me to share them. I hope what...
Posted on March 15, 2025
By: Edward T. Nevgloski, Ph.D.
The month-long battle for Belleau Wood in June 1918 during World War I rightly commands a prominent place in Marine Corps history. After all, the...
Posted on March 15, 2025
By: Robert Roth
Executive Editor’s note: I was contacted by Robert Roth, a Marine who served in Vietnam. He sent me an essay he wrote about how he...
Posted on March 15, 2025
By: Kyle Watts
When I think of a Marine recruiter, I am immediately transported to an unfamiliar couch in a flawless office. Motivational posters adorn the walls in...
Posted on February 15, 2025
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the January 1939 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. It was a hot July day in 1862. Aboard the battle-wrecked...
Posted on February 15, 2025
By: Mac Caltrider
Executive Editor’s note: This article exemplifies the bravery of a small band of Marines as the U.S. was entering its most turbulent time as a...
Posted on February 15, 2025
By: Col Dwight Sullivan, USMCR (Ret)
Two men lay prone in the Maryland countryside, shouldering Springfield rifles. Each fired a spotting round at a target 200 yards away. The younger man,...
Posted on February 7, 2025
By: Cyril J. O'Brien
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. In recognition of Black History Month, Leatherneck is re-publishing the story....
Posted on January 20, 2025
By: Kyle Watts
Editor's note: This story originally ran in the April 2017 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. On Jan. 20, 2017, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered...
Posted on January 15, 2025
By: Sgt Lindley S. Allen, USMC
A secret agent can’t win a war all by himself but Archibald Gillespie tried to do it. He was a Marine. The horseman knew he...
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