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Commandant of the Marine Corps
Headquarters Marine Corps
06/05/2024
MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
Graduates, friends, family, distinguished guests – welcome. Today is a great day, and it is significant for two reasons: First, we get to celebrate the accomplishments of all of our students following a year of hard work.
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05/26/2024
BELLEAU WOOD COMMEMORATION
Good morning, Allies, guests, and fellow Marines. It’s an honor to be here. And I am especially honored to stand with my counterparts, Chief of Staff of the French Army, General Pierre Schill, and Commander of the Franco-German Brigade, General Christian Friedl, to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood – a defining moment in our shared history.
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05/01/2024
Modern Day Marine 2024: State of the Corps
Gen. Smith: Chuck said he was going to keep it short and simple I didn’t think he was going ot keep
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05/01/2024
House Armed Services Committee Holds Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 Navy Budget Request
It will be the Navy and Marine Corps expeditionary forces who make first contact with partners seeking help or adversaries seeking a fight.
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04/16/2024
STATEMENT OF GENERAL ERIC M. SMITH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS ON THE POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BEFORE THE SENATEAPPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
The Marine Corps is, first and foremost, a warfighting organization. We exist to fight and win our country’s battles. Everything we do is with that one goal in mind. The character of war may change, but its essence never will – it is the violent struggle between two irreconcilable wills. That struggle is where Marines thrive. We ask for nothing more than the chance to be First to Fight.
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04/16/2024
A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Navy and Marine Corps
Testimonies from the President's FY25 Budget Request for the Navy and Marine Corps
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04/16/2024
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE-DEFENSE: A REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT’S FISCAL YEAR 2025 FUNDING REQUEST AND BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FOR THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Good morning. Chairman Tester, Vice Chair Collins, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to represent your Marines, today. I'd like to start by sincerely thanking this committee for its enduring support and your advocacy for a timely, predictable and sufficient budget that enables the Marine Corps to remain first to fight.
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04/02/2024
FRAG ORDER 01/2024
The Marine Corps will be ready to respond to any crisis or contingency in the future, just as we have in the past. I remain committed to ensuring the Marine Corps remains our Nation’s Force-in-Readiness. We will never lower our standards or sacrifice the reputation associated with the sacred title, “Marine” – and will remain innovative and agile in our approach to warfighting. With your help, we will ensure your Marines are provided with world-class training and improved quality of life and are enabled with the capabilities required to win our Nation’s battles against any adversary. I promise you that every dollar invested will give you the greatest return to realize our modernization strategy, build a more lethal force, and take care of your Marines and their families. I thank the Committee for your continued advocacy and support for your Marines. Semper Fidelis.
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11/06/2023
Military Reporters and Editors Conference
General Smith is interviewed by Carla Babb at the Military Reporters and Editors Conference.
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10/26/2023
Kyodo News
Gen. Smith speaks with Kyodo news on current events in the Indo-Pacific. Thanks for allowing me to do this interview and for, uh, taking a couple minutes as I come, come back to Japan. Uh, I was here as the commander of three MEF, uh, for a year, and then my son and his wife were stationed here for three years. So, uh, it feels good to be back to my second home. Mm-hmm.
, uh, it feels very good to be back. The Marine Corps's job here in the Indo-Pacific is to deter, um, our job is to work in this instance with this particular alliance, this exceptional alliance is to ensure that we deter conflict. So I would never presume a conflict to happen.
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