{"id":57908,"date":"2023-09-18T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/18\/as-both-the-no-1-and-no-2-marine-his-schedule-is-not-sustainable\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:51:18","slug":"as-both-the-no-1-and-no-2-marine-his-schedule-is-not-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/09\/18\/as-both-the-no-1-and-no-2-marine-his-schedule-is-not-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"As both the No. 1 and No. 2 Marine, his schedule is \u2018not sustainable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ARLINGTON, Virginia \u2014 Marine Gen. Eric Smith <\/a>gets up around 5:30 a.m. and starts reading intelligence reports from the secure communications setup in his house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he\u2019s not traveling, the acting Marine commandant \u2014 who also is the assistant commandant \u2014 is at the Pentagon by 7:45 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he\u2019s \u201cgoing, all day,\u201d he said, and much of the night, talking to civilian leaders and deputy commandants, meeting with foreign leaders, getting briefed by various units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody should feel bad for me,\u201d Smith told reporters Sept. 6 at the Defense News Conference in Arlington, Virginia, in response to a Marine Corps Times question about his schedule. <\/b>\u201cI make plenty of money, and nobody usually yells at me, so that\u2019s good. But it is not a sustainable thing when the last thing you do is flip your computer off at 11:30 at night and you\u2019re getting up at 5 o\u2019clock in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t