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 December 15, 2024
By: Karl Schuon and Tom Bartlett
Executive Editor’s note: Fifty years ago, Leatherneck began looking ahead to the Marine Corps’ 200th Birthday, and started a series in the magazine called Giants...
Posted on December 15, 2024
By: Briesa Koch
In this digital age, video games have become a more common pastime for many people. With newer technology, better graphics, game variety, as well as...
Posted on December 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
In May 2024, a group of Marine officers rallied together for a final time in Las Vegas. The event marked the eighth official reunion these...
Posted on December 4, 2024
By: Ray Elliott
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the December 2016 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. It is being re-published in remembrance of the attack on...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Mike Miller
One of the first international challenges facing the newly formed United States in the 19th century came from the Barbary States on the northern coast...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Kipp Hanley
Staff Sergeant Harry Harth’s remarkable, pain-filled journey back to being a Reconnaissance Marine has come to a storybook conclusion. On Sept. 25, 2022, Harth fell...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
The American fire service and Marine Corps maintain a long-standing relationship, enjoyed and perpetuated by veterans of both services. Though dramatically different at face value,...
Posted on October 28, 2024
By: Edwin Turnbladh
Editor's note: This story was originally published in the November 1959 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. Anyone digging into Marine Corps archives of the years just...
Posted on October 15, 2024
By: Bernard Nalty and Truman Strobridge
Executive Editor’s note: We bring you this story from the Leatherneck archives, which covers the seagoing roots of the Corps. Leading up to the Marine...
Posted on October 15, 2024
By: GySgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter
Editor's Note: Leatherneck contributor 1st Sgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter was awarded the Master Sergeant Tom Bartlett Award at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation annual awards program...
Posted on October 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
Well before dawn, on Nov. 10, 2004, Hospitalman Alonso Rogero tossed and turned. The Marines surrounding Rogero seemed just as restless. Nights in Fallujah grew...
Posted on September 15, 2024
By: Joel Searls
More than likely, you’ve seen comedian and actor Rob Riggle on TV. He’s appeared on “The Daily Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Simpson’s” and “Modern...
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