This Month's Features
By: MSgt Jeff Dacus, USMCR (Ret)
By June 15, 1944, the Central Pacific drive of the United States had inexorably pushed the Japanese back toward their homeland. Throughout the methodical island-hopping campaign, the Japanese had put up stiff resistance, fighting furiously on the sea, on land,...
By: Heather A. Warfield, Ph.D.
A shuttle van rolled to a stop across the street from the Belleau Town Hall. Out of the side door emerged an elderly gentleman, hunched over, his physical frame sharply contrasted by the fierce resolve propelling him forward. Protruding from...
By: Chip Reid
Executive Editor’s note: In 2003, NBC News journalist Chip Reid embedded with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines during the opening days of OIF. He spent six weeks living with the Marines and telling their stories to TV audiences back home. He...
All Feature Articles
By: MSgt Jeff Dacus, USMCR (Ret)
By June 15, 1944, the Central Pacific drive of the United States had inexorably pushed the Japanese back toward their homeland. Throughout the methodical island-hopping...
By: Heather A. Warfield, Ph.D.
A shuttle van rolled to a stop across the street from the Belleau Town Hall. Out of the side door emerged an elderly gentleman, hunched...
By: Chip Reid
Executive Editor’s note: In 2003, NBC News journalist Chip Reid embedded with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines during the opening days of OIF. He spent six...
By: Kyle Watts
Marine Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) represent a small slice of the active-duty component. Less than 1,000 of these Marines exist in the service today, with...
By: Briesa Koch
As a tradition, aircraft art in the Armed Forces has been encouraged by some branches while being heavily regulated in others. And though there is...
By: Ed Nevgloski
Executive Editor’s note: This article explores the origins and inception of the Marine gunner and is the cornerstone of an upcoming series in Leatherneck tracing...
By: Col Dwight H. Sullivan
This month, the Marine Corps’ top shooters will gather at Marine Corps Base Quantico to compete for the Lauchheimer Trophy—the award for the highest aggregate...
By: Kater Miller
In August of 2021, the Japanese national baseball team won the gold medal in the Olympic Games. They defeated the United States 2-0 at Yokohama...
By: Kyle Watts
On Nov. 29, 2023, I had the opportunity to interview Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz, the recently appointed 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,...
By: Maj Skip Crawley, USMCR (Ret)
Ask any Marine who among the pantheon of notable and illustrious Marines between World War I and World War II were most responsible for the...
By: Andrew Biggio
Editor’s note: The following story is an excerpt from the book “The Rifle 2: Back to the Battlefield” by Andrew Biggio. When Biggio returned from...
By: Kipp Hanley
By the time Captain Riley Tejcek was 7 years old, her father, John, knew he was raising a tough kid. Tejcek sported a Power Rangers...
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