The term "leatherneck" has become a term of admiring comment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Walton Tribune: News] Reference

Certainly, the five stories collected in this posthumous volume (Styron died in 2006) sidestep the "leatherneck" cliches that surround the Corps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

There was never a leatherneck braver, a Daring Dragoon is he.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today is Bruce Campbell appreciation day.] Reference

“Anyone else see what I see?” the second leatherneck inquired.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flood]

One turncoat was so happy he kissed his grizzled leatherneck captor.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Keep The Pressure Up'] Reference

A formfitting dress uniform can make a leatherneck look like a peacock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homoeroticism In The Ranks] Reference

We'll have a wonderful story for you next about a very special leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006] Reference

It showed the utter unselfishness of the American doughboy, gob, and leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of The American Legion] Reference

The reporter asked a leatherneck what he would do if he and his men captured a Qaeda fighter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evil In The Cross Hairs] Reference

Marine deployment to the gulf was a model military operation, and the leatherneck grunts are leaning forward in their foxholes.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We'll Win, But...'] Reference

Although Buddle served two years of active duty in the Army, he was never a leatherneck and never earned a commission despite wearing the uniform of a Marine captain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reggie Buddle] Reference

He has his heart set on becoming a leatherneck like his new hero, John Basilone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hip Hop Republican] Reference

When they catch him, I hope they push for the death penalty. leatherneck writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [RockyMountainNews.com] Reference

Keyes replies "Oh stop the belly-aching soldier, remember your a leatherneck, cortana ...".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A native of Selma, Ala., and a newcomer to Monroe, Francis Lanier was called a leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Walton Tribune: News] Reference

The only others that I can think of are cootie, gob, leatherneck, doughboy, frog, and buck-private.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11. American Slang. 2. War Slang] Reference

He's a hyper-fit Navy Seal, was going leatherneck over turnbuckle to switch out those batteries in a jarhead jiffy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Reference

Soldiers who want to check out the new lightweight, magazine-fed weapon may have to go to their leatherneck friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Times - News] Reference

Gob and leatherneck had been in use in the navy for a long while, though the common civilian designation for a sailor had been jackie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11. American Slang. 2. War Slang] Reference

Everett assured her if there was one thing that meant more to him than all else, it was an American bluejacket, and next to him an American leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Road] Reference

Incorporating a number of fixes to the core game and a whole new batch of leatherneck content, Marines strengthens the CMSF experience in some fascinating new ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [IGN Complete] Reference

When he entered the picturesque Cal Western campus in Point Loma, he was a 24-year-old highly decorated former leatherneck who had enlisted straight out of high school.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

This may be slightly off-topic, but I’m still trying to figure out how the origin of the term ‘leatherneck’ has anything to do with this discussion.    From Wordnik.com.  [the worst school massacre in American history: not Virginia Tech « raincoaster] Reference

He thrived as a leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Father And Son Veterans Help Each Other Heal After Brain Injuries] Reference

Corps Community for USMC ... - http://www. leatherneck.com/forums/.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS January 2010] Reference

Even gob, doughboy and leatherneck were not new.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11. American Slang. 2. War Slang] Reference

American leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horde is Evil] Reference

She told them to make it leatherneck red.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Corps Times - News] Reference

"Here comes the leatherneck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Thunder Bird] Reference

"No," the leatherneck answered, deadpan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley] Reference

"You damned leatherneck," he began, "I'll report --".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Road] Reference

274 leaped, 106 leapt, 240 learn, 274, 282 learnt, 274 leatherette, 187 leatherneck, 370 leave, v.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mencken, H] Reference