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Circa 1817, First Lieutenant Charles Rumsey Broom, USMC, sports a black leather stock beneath a high collar, which gave birth to the term "leatherneck"
Leatherneck is a military slang term in the U.S. for a member of the United States Marine Corps. It is generally believed to originate in the wearing of a "leather stock" that went around the neck. Its original purpose was to protect the neck from slashing blades in battle but it also served to keep the head and the neck erect when the uniform was worn.
Leatherneck is a military slang term in the U.S. for a member of the United States Marine Corps. It is generally believed to originate in the wearing...
Leatherneck Magazine of the Marines (or simply Leatherneck) is a magazine for United States Marines. The Quantico Leatherneck was started by off-duty...
Flying Leathernecks is a 1951 American Technicolor action war film directed by Nicholas Ray, produced by Edmund Grainger, (who had produced Sands of Iwo...
Camp Leatherneck was a 1,600 acre United States Marine Corps base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The site was mostly in Washir District and was conjoined...
The Leatherneck is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Howard Higgin. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences...
The Leatherneck Raiders are a fictional World War II unit appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Gary Friedrich and...
Leathernecking is a 1930 American musical comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Jane Murfin, adapted from the...
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is a United States Marine Corps aviation museum currently located at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego...
The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division...
Task Force Leatherneck or MEB-Afghanistan was a Marine Air-Ground Task Force that operated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The name was originally given...
Hunden – 'devil dogs'. Gyrene: commonly used between fellow marines. Leatherneck: refers to a leather collar formerly part of the Marine uniform during...
Marine Corps and friends of the Corps. It is known for its publications Leatherneck Magazine and Marine Corps Gazette. As of 2009, MCA became part of MCA&F...
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point (*34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W / 34.9009°N 76.8807°W / 34.9009; -76.8807) (ICAO: KNKT, FAA LID:...
the Albany Marine Band, and the III Marine Amphibious Force Band. The Leatherneck Pipes and Drums is a private military pipe band that supports military...
Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders is a World War II comic book published by Marvel Comics. The series lasted for nineteen issues, from January...
singing several duets with him in Paradise, Hawaiian Style. Little Leatherneck, an unsold sitcom pilot film in which she appeared, aired on ABC television...
is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum. 139177 – Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California...
Retrieved 7 August 2015. "Writes New March Called 'Belleau Wood'". Leatherneck. Marine Corps Association. May 1923. Archived from the original on 10...
The 2023 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC)...
2012. Brent, P.T. (February 2009). ""Marine One" - Welcome aboard". Leatherneck Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 29 January...
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