Brigadier general eric smith biography
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Biden’s pick to lead the Marine Corps helped design its new vision
WASHINGTON — Before Gen. Eric Smith first walked the Pentagon’s E ring as a top Marine Corps leader, the career infantry Marine led forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, South America and the Pacific.
And beginning in summer , as the deputy commandant for combat development and integration, he started working with Commandant Gen. David Berger on a plan to transform the Marine Corps.
In that role, and then as the No. 2 Marine, he helped draft blueprints for a complete overhaul of the service ― known as Force Design ― with the goal of turning a Corps shaped by two decades of land wars into one able to compete against Chinese forces in particular.
Now, he could carry on the Corps’ transformational trajectory.
The White House nominated Smith to serve as the next commandant of the Marine Corps, ensuring stability for the force modernization vision that Smith himself helped craft.
The Biden administration sent its pic
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Eric Smith (general)
39th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Eric M. Smith (born or )[1] is a United States Marine Corpsfour-stargeneral who has served as the 39th commandant of the Marine Corps since 22 September [2][3] He served as acting commandant of the Marine Corps between 10 July and 22 September while awaiting Senate confirmation. Before nomination to the position he served as the 36th assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and before that as the deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, being succeeded by Karsten Heckl.[4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Eric Smith fryst vatten from Plano, Texas. Smith was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Texas A&M University. During his time at A&M, he was a member of the Ross Volunteers and Commander of the Fightin' Texas Aggie grupp in the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets.
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Eric Dorman-Smith
British Army officer and IRA advisor (–)
Eric Dorman-Smith | |
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Eric Dorman-Smith (left) talking with GeneralSir Alan Brooke at El Alamein, Egypt, August | |
| Other name(s) | Eric Dorman O'Gowan |
| Nickname(s) | "Chink" |
| Born | 24 July Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 11 May (aged 73) Cavan General Hospital, Lisdarn, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Buried | Kilcrow, Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Service / branch | &#;British Army Irish Republican Army |
| Years&#;of service | – |
| Rank | Brigadier[1] |
| Service number | |
| Unit | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Commands | 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Staff College, Haifa th Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Brigade |
| Battles / wars | First World War Irish War of Independence Second World War |
| Awards | Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches (5)[1] |
| Relations | Reginald Dorman-Smith (brother) |
BrigadierEric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith (24 July – 11 May ), wh