He said he was inspired to join the Corps by two uncles who were leathernecks — one killed in action, the other wounded — and a need for some grounding in his young adult life, the self-proclaimed high school valedictorian said in a recent telephone interview. ❋ Unknown (2010)
According to one wild story, a squad of leathernecks with bristling bayonets—and Butler in command—crashed through the door of a bootleg warehouse, where an inebriated group of city fathers was being entertained by naked chorus girls. ❋ David Talbot (2010)
Short on instrument flight time and carrier experience one marine went to war with one shipboard landing in his logbook, the leathernecks nonetheless took the inevitable losses as part of the steep learning curve inherent to tailhook aviation. ❋ Barrett Tillman (2010)
Pendleton is home for the First MEF, which will provide the bulk of the 16,000-person contingent of leathernecks that will soon embark for Somalia. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The bravery of the United States Marine Corps in these wars led to the line ‘to the shores of Tripoli’ in the Marine hymn and they would ever after be known as ‘leathernecks’ for the leather collars of their uniforms that prevented their heads from being chopped off by Muslim scimitars when boarding their ships. ❋ Brad Thor (2008)
Whether you call them gyrenes, jarheads, leathernecks, devildogs, husband/wife, son/daughter or boyfriend/girlfriend, they are devastatingly good looking in their dress blues, no? ❋ Unknown (2007)
The leathernecks are now finding, however, that the desert can be as deadly and confusing as the jungle. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Why is it that these ex-leathernecks seem to be the angriest about what happened at Haditha? ❋ Unknown (2006)
The unfavorable ratio of women to men can leave leathernecks with little to do on the weekends. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The bar was near the Marine Barracks so there were plenty 'o leathernecks, many of whom skeddadled upon seeing the man loving hordes. ❋ Tripp (2005)
They quickly earned the respect and gratitude of all the leathernecks, who paid them the supreme compliment by referring to them as the “164th Marines.” ❋ George W. Smith (2003)
These untested leathernecks learned on the job in one of the most inhospitable and unknown environments on the planet. ❋ George W. Smith (2003)
The desert was winning and pouring in so heavily, the leathernecks had to put on goggles and surgical masks just to see and breathe. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The Master Chief paused to look around, heard one of the leathernecks yell “Contact!” quickly followed by the staccato rip of an assault weapon fired on full automatic. ❋ Dietz, William (2003)
Each of the surviving 236 leathernecks was armed with weapons appropriate to the mission at hand. ❋ Dietz, William (2003)
"The Flying Leathernecks" [A John] Wayne movie depicting Marine [aviators] in [WWII]. ❋ Dave Wojta (2003)
shipwreck47" I wish I was a leatherneck, dam those guys are amazing"
girl" yeah but you are too scared to be in a real branch of service so now you are just a Navy [mop handler], now [swab the deck] and shut up while I go off with [thes] leathernecks" ❋ Brooklyn26 (2010)
Check out the leatherneck over there! I've never seen someone so [proud] to be a [glorified] [bullet sponge]! ❋ D3athr0w (2010)
That fuckin Perv I he beats off so much he must make 10 trips to the [Porta Potty] daily his dick must look like a [leatherneck] on a turkey.
No wonder he has to go to church and rat on himself to [the priest] and ask the priest to ask God for forgiveness. ❋ LatNerd (2011)
