Eric Smith (general)
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Eric M. Smith is an American general who has served as the 39th commandant of the United States Marine Corps since 2023.
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Smith is sworn in as the 39th commandant of the Marine Corps by Carlos Del Toro, secretary of the Navy, on 22 September 2023.
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The United States Marine Corps, also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the naval infantry service branch of the United States Armed Forces. The service is responsible
Eric Smith (general)
…as the 39th commandant of the United States Marine Corps since 2023. Smith was born in Missouri and raised in Texas. He received his commission in the United States Marine Corps via the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps when he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1987. Early in his career, he was deployed during the Gulf…
U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit training
Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit depart USS Tarawa (LHA-1), using both a Landing Craft Utility and CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopters, during amphibious operations in Kuwait, 2003.
Maj. Samuel Nicholas, first commandant of the Marine Corps, was nominated to lead the Continental Marines by John Adams in November 1775.
British and U.S. troops garrisoned aboard Hornet and Penguin exchanging small arms musket fire with Tristan da Cuna in the background during the final engagement between British and U.S. forces in the War of 1812