Top Marine Says He's Recovering From Cardiac Arrest
United States Marine CorpsThe commandant of the Marine Corps told Marines on Tuesday that he was recovering from cardiac arrest in a video that marked his first public appearance since his hospitalization last month. “I’m still in the fight; I need you to be in the fight,” Gen. Eric Smith said in the clip posted to Instagram. “It’s not the first time I’ve been knocked down. When I was shot in 2004, I bounced back from that. I’ll bounce back from this.” In the caption, Smith wrote that although “