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 July 15, 2025
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...
Posted on July 15, 2025
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...
Posted on June 15, 2025
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...
Posted on June 15, 2025
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....
Posted on June 15, 2025
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,...
Posted on May 15, 2025
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...
Posted on May 15, 2025
By: Maj Allan C. Bevilacqua, USMC (Ret)
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the September 2016 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. “Due to all the rains, the river is so high...
Posted on May 15, 2025
Since 1998, the USMC Scout Sniper Association (SSA) has fervently supported the proud brotherhood of Marine Corps scout snipers. Tom Ferran, a scout sniper and...
Posted on May 1, 2025
Editor’s note: The following is a Leatherneck archives story from May of 2018. We are re-publishing it in recognition of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage...
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...
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