{"id":28979,"date":"2024-03-06T00:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/06\/top-marine-general-returns-to-work-4-months-after-cardiac-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:53:16","slug":"top-marine-general-returns-to-work-4-months-after-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/the-americas\/2024\/03\/06\/top-marine-general-returns-to-work-4-months-after-cardiac-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Marine general returns to work, 4 months after cardiac arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top Marine general returned to full duty status Tuesday, a little more than four months after he experienced a cardiac arrest that scrambled the Marine Corps\u2019 leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/05\/31\/bidens-pick-to-lead-the-marine-corps-helped-design-its-new-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gen. Eric Smith<\/a>, the Marine commandant, hadn\u2019t been performing the Corps\u2019 top job since he was hospitalized from a cardiac arrest on Oct. 29, 2023. But he repeatedly had signaled he intended to get back to work once he had recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks after his hospitalization, Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/11\/21\/ill-bounce-back-top-marine-vows-in-1st-video-since-cardiac-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\">appeared in a brief video<\/a> to reassure Marines, \u201cI\u2019ll bounce back from this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/09\/top-marine-general-in-good-condition-after-open-heart-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">he underwent a successful open-heart surgery<\/a> to repair the congenital heart abnormality that the Corps said caused the cardiac arrest, and he reiterated he planned to return to full duty status once he could.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/03\/04\/marine-general-taking-steps-to-return-to-full-duty-as-commandant\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24061823104351.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine general taking steps to return to full duty as commandant<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The top Marine&#039;s return could happen in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/03\/04\/marine-general-taking-steps-to-return-to-full-duty-as-commandant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smith has made visits to the Pentagon<\/a> and listened in on meetings in preparation for his return to the job, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGeneral Smith and his family appreciate the full support of Congress, the leadership at the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, the Joint Force, and all who extended them their well wishes during his recovery,\u201d the Marine Corps said in a news release Tuesday announcing Smith\u2019s return to full duty status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be the first time since July 2023 that the Marine Corps\u2019 top two positions have been filled by leaders on full duty status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/07\/10\/the-corps-is-without-a-confirmed-top-marine-for-the-1st-time-since-1910\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Gen. David Berger retired<\/a> as commandant that month, the Senate hadn\u2019t confirmed Smith as his successor thanks to a hold on nominations by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who refused to confirm senior military nominees through the usual unanimous consent process, in protest of a Pentagon policy facilitating troops\u2019 travel for abortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith, then the assistant commandant, took over the role of commandant in an acting capacity. The Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/09\/22\/top-marine-leader-sworn-in-1-day-after-senate-confirmation\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed him<\/a> as commandant by individual vote in September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a Senate-confirmed assistant commandant, Smith still was doing the equivalent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/09\/18\/as-both-the-no-1-and-no-2-marine-his-schedule-is-not-sustainable\/\" target=\"_blank\">two jobs at once<\/a>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryreporters.org\/2023\/10\/gen-eric-m-smith-delivers-keynote-address-at-2023-mre-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> two days before his cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith\u2019s hospitalization briefly left Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the most senior general in Marine Corps headquarters, in charge of the service. 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