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From the Archives: Sea Rescue

By: SSgt Norman Miller, USMC

From the Leatherneck Archives: Feb. 15, 1945, Pacific Edition A shrieking Marine-piloted Corsair dived on its Marshall Island target. Its bombs released, smoke and dust shrouding the atoll. Suddenly from the smoking blackness below, tiny red balls of fire streaked toward the sky...

90 Days a Grunt: A Short-Term Assignment to the Infantry, the Jungle and the Battle at Mutter’s Ridge

By: Kyle Watts

In late September 1968, Bob Skeels stepped off a plane at Quang Tri Combat Base. The aircraft delivered three of Bob’s friends to Vietnam alongside him. The four men shared much in common. All were young, newly minted second lieutenants....

A Brother’s Journey: Five Decades to the Story of a Lifetime

By: Kyle Watts

On Saturday, Oct. 21, 1967, David Jensen was working at a caterer’s office in Hales Corners, Wis. As the 18-year-old prepared orders for the coming week, the office owner entered the room. “Dave, you need to go home.” His terseness...

Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9

By: Sam Lichtman

Capt Jeremy Nelson fires the Beretta M9 during a weapons marksmanship course at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by Sgt Bobby J. Yarbrough, USMC)Carried by many but seldom fired at the enemy, handguns fill a somewhat strange niche...

From the Archives: Sea Rescue

By: SSgt Norman Miller, USMC

From the Leatherneck Archives: Feb. 15, 1945, Pacific Edition A shrieking Marine-piloted Corsair dived on its Marshall Island target. Its bombs released, smoke and dust shrouding the atoll....

90 Days a Grunt: A Short-Term Assignment to the Infantry, the Jungle and the Battle at Mutter’s Ridge

By: Kyle Watts

In late September 1968, Bob Skeels stepped off a plane at Quang Tri Combat Base. The aircraft delivered three of Bob’s friends to Vietnam alongside...

"The Gift"

By: Kyle Watts

Revealing the Lasting Impact of Corporal Jason Dunham In 2003, film producer and director David Kniess caught a red-eye flight from California, bound for the...

The Long Road

By: Nancy S. Lichtman

Marines Walk from East Coast to West Coast To Raise Awareness, Money for MIA Recovery Early in 2020, Sergeant Major Justin LeHew, USMC (Ret) had...

A Brother’s Journey: Five Decades to the Story of a Lifetime

By: Kyle Watts

On Saturday, Oct. 21, 1967, David Jensen was working at a caterer’s office in Hales Corners, Wis. As the 18-year-old prepared orders for the coming...

Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9

By: Sam Lichtman

Capt Jeremy Nelson fires the Beretta M9 during a weapons marksmanship course at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by Sgt Bobby J. Yarbrough,...

From the Archives: Guerrilla

By: By Lt Weldon James, USMC

Somewhere out in the Pacific is a young Marine who need not be there. He could have been home for Christmas, the next, and the...

The Spirit of Basilone

By: Kyle Watts

True disciples, spreading the belt-fed gospel with the enemy. (USMC photos) In September of 2017, Adam Krick opened Instagram on...

“Go Down Like Marines”: The Ill-Fated Voyage of SS Henry R. Mallory

By: By Geoffrey W. Roecker

Private Marvin Elmer Muehl leaned against the steel bulkhead, feeling a shudder of relief as the metal chilled the sweat running down his back. Creature...

A Knife in a Gunfight: The Marine Who Defied All Odds in Vietnam

By: Kyle Watts

James Stogner received the Navy Cross on April 5, 2019. The ceremony in Polson, Mont., took place on the 52nd anniversary of his heroic actions...

The Illustrated Marine

By: Kyle Watts

A dichotomy of perception resounds today, as true as it has for decades. One group has always viewed tattooed Marines as a stigma, a mark...

Turning Advocacy into Action

Featured image: Stephen Peck, CEO of U.S.VETS, at the opening of Veterans One-Stop Service Centers at Patriotic Hall in Los Angeles, Calif., 2014. Stephen J....

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From the Archives: Sea Rescue

90 Days a Grunt: A Short-Term Assignment to the Infantry, the Jungle and the Battle at Mutter’s Ridge

A Brother’s Journey: Five Decades to the Story of a Lifetime

Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9

From the Archives: Sea Rescue

90 Days a Grunt: A Short-Term Assignment to the Infantry, the Jungle and the Battle at Mutter’s Ridge

"The Gift"

The Long Road

A Brother’s Journey: Five Decades to the Story of a Lifetime

Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9

From the Archives: Guerrilla

The Spirit of Basilone

“Go Down Like Marines”: The Ill-Fated Voyage of SS Henry R. Mallory

A Knife in a Gunfight: The Marine Who Defied All Odds in Vietnam

The Illustrated Marine

Turning Advocacy into Action

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