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In an Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Eric Smith, left, a student in an Industrial and Facilities Maintenance class at Dixie Applied Technology College (DXATC), fires a potato cannon he built for the class while his instructor, Lee Devine, holds the barrel steady on the old St. George Airport runway. There was a competition to see who could make the vegetables fly the farthest at the south end of the old runway. Students majoring in industrial facilities maintenance are studying what's called fluid power, which includes hydraulic, pneumatic, pump and valve system science. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)

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“The threats we face morph daily, and so this is an initial concept that will only turn into doctrine when we are satisfied that it best blends a fixed body of experiments and data with the flexibility to outpace the threat,” said Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, deputy commandant for combat development and integration.

New Marine Corps manual offers template for reimagined force →

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, head of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, said on Feb. 10 that a variety of assets including the new, smaller vessels will allow Marines to rapidly distribute what amounts to reinforced, platoon-size elements with a big impact.

Hawaii 1st to receive new warships that pull onto beaches →