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Published May 2008
This is the Joint Chiefs of Staff's military biography of Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, who replaced General McKiernan as senior American military commander in Afghanistan in May 2009.
Source of Commissioned Service: USMA
Educational Degrees: United States Military Academy – BS – No Major United States Naval War College – MA – National Security and Strategic Studies Salve Regina University – MS – International Relations.
Military Schools Attended: Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses United States Naval Command and Staff College.
Foreign language(s): Spanish
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2LT |
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2 Jun 76 |
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1LT |
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2 Jun 78 |
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CPT |
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1 Aug 80 |
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1 Jul 87 |
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1 Sep 92 |
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1 Sep 96 |
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1 May 04 |
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16 Feb 06 |
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Feb 78 |
Weapons Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d |
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Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Jul 78 |
Rifle Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Nov 78 |
Executive Officer, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne |
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Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Apr 79 |
Student, Special Forces Officer Course, Special Forces School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Jun 80 |
Commander, Detachment A, A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), |
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Feb 81 |
Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, |
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Georgia |
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Mar 82 |
S-2/S-3 (Intelligence/Operations), United Nations Command Support Group-Joint Security Area, Korea |
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Nov 82 |
Training Officer, Directorate of Plans and Training, A Company, Headquarters Command, Fort |
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Stewart, Georgia |
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Nov 82 |
Sep 84 |
Commander, A Company, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia |
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Sep 85 |
S-3 (Operations), 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort |
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Stewart, Georgia |
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Jan 86 |
Liaison Officer, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia |
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May 87 |
Commander, A Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia |
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May 87 |
Apr 88 |
Liaison Officer, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia |
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Jun 89 |
S-3 (Operations), 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia |
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Jun 90 |
Student, Command and Staff Course, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode |
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Island |
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Army Special Operations Action Officer, J-3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, |
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North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia |
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Nov 94 |
Commander, 2d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort |
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Bragg, North Carolina |
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Jun 96 |
Commander, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington |
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Jun 97 |
Senior Service College Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Aug 99 |
Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia |
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Jun 00 |
Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York |
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Jun 01 |
Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North |
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Carolina to include duty as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Kuwait, Camp Doha, |
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Kuwait |
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Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include |
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duty as Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force-180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan |
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Vice Director for Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC |
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Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Aug 08 |
Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Director, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC |
Summary of Joint Assignments Date Grade: S-2/S-3 (Intelligence/Operations), United Nations Command Support Feb 81 - Mar 82 Captain Group-Joint Security Area, Korea Army Special Operations Action Officer, J-3, Joint Special Operations Jun 90 - Jan 92 Major Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force-180, OPERATION ENDURING May 02 - Jul 02 Brigadier General FREEDOM, Afghanistan (No Joint Credit) Vice Director for Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC Jul 02 -Sep 03 Brigadier General Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, Sep 03 - Feb 06 Brigadier General/Major North Carolina General Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Feb 06 - Aug 08 Major Operations Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, General/Lieutenant Fort Bragg, North Carolina General Director, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC Aug 08 -Present.
Us Decorations and Badges: Defense Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster) Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters) Bronze Star Medal Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters) Army Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal Expert Infantryman Badge Master Parachutist Badge Ranger Tab Special Forces Tab Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge.
Date Grade: Jun 90 - Mar 91 Major
Apr 01 -Jun 01 Brigadier General May 02 - Jul 02 Brigadier General
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