Gen. Eric M. Smith, The Marine Corps’s Commandant And Top Officer, Hospitalized After Apparently Having Heart Attack

U.S. Marine Gen. Eric M. Smith, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Montgomery and Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion 23rd Marines at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Feb. 10, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps Photo  

DNYUZ/New York Times: Top Marine General Hospitalized After Apparently Having Heart Attack 

Gen. Eric M. Smith, the Marine Corps’s commandant and top officer, was hospitalized on Sunday evening after an unspecified medical emergency, the service said on Monday. 

The Marines announced General Smith’s hospitalization in an email to reporters but provided no further details about his condition. One current and one former defense official familiar with his condition said he apparently had a heart attack while jogging.  

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WNU Editor: A three-star is now in charge .... Top Marine general hospitalized, leaving 3-star in charge (Marine Times). More here .... With Gen. Smith hospitalized, a 3-star is in command of Marine Corps (Breaking Defense). 

Gen. Eric M. Smith, The Marine Corps’s Commandant And Top Officer, Hospitalized After Apparently Having Heart Attack  

UPDATED: Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith Hospitalized After Heart Attack -- USNI News  

Marine Corps General Eric Smith, 58, is hospitalized 'after suffering a heart attack while out jogging' -- Daily Mail  

Marine Corps commandant hospitalized after 'medical emergency,' officials say -- ABC News  

Top Marine general hospitalized -- Politico  

US Marine Corps commandant hospitalized following medical emergency -- CNN

US Army & USMC Practice Trench Warfare

Prior to 2022…how often did the US Army & USMC practice trench warfare like this? Are they now? https://t.co/K3Xclty2eA

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WNU Editor: It looks like the Russia - Ukraine war is a wake-up call for the US military to get ready for trench warfare.

This Is Probably The Most Dangerous Job In The US Marine Corps

A Marine EOD tech carrying ordnance from a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. US Marine Corps  

Business Insider: These Marines disarm bombs for a living. Here's what it's like doing one of the US military's most dangerous jobs. 

* One of the military's most dangerous jobs is explosive ordnance disposal technician. 

* These troops risk life and limb responding to IEDs and other explosive threats. 

* Two seasoned Marine Corps EOD techs recently told Insider about the challenges of the job. 

There is no shortage of dangerous jobs in the US military, and one of the more dangerous is that of an explosive ordnance disposal technician, the troops serving in military bomb squads. 

EOD technicians run toward deadly threats that others avoid, such as improvised explosive devices, and the cost of even a minor misstep could be loss of life or limb. 

"There's been times when I was standing over something that could kill me and I was there trying to picture all the choices I made in life that got me to that moment," Marine EOD tech Master Sgt. Carlos Villarreal, who has been in the Marines for over 18 years, told Insider. 

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WNU Editor: I can never be paid enough to do such a job.