Stanley McChrystal previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009.
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40 Facts About Stanley McChrystal
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Stanley McChrystal was reportedly known for saying what other military leaders were thinking but were afraid to say; this was one of the reasons cited for his appointment to lead all forces in Afghanistan.
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In November 1978, Stanley McChrystal enrolled as a student in the Special Forces Officer Course at the Special Forces School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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In February 1981, Stanley McChrystal moved to South Korea as intelligence and operations officer for the United Nations Command Support Group—Joint Security Area.
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Stanley McChrystal reported to Fort Stewart, Georgia, in March 1982 to serve as training officer in the Directorate of Plans and Training, A Company, Headquarters Command.
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Stanley McChrystal moved to 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, in November 1982, where he commanded A Company before becoming battalion operations officer in September 1984.
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Stanley McChrystal moved to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as battalion liaison officer in September 1985, became commander of A Company in January 1986, served again as battalion liaison officer in May 1987, and finally became battalion operations officer in April 1988, before reporting to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, as a student in the Command and General Staff Course in June 1989.
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From April 1993 to November 1994, Stanley McChrystal commanded the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
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Stanley McChrystal then commanded the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, from November 1994 to June 1996.
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Stanley McChrystal was promoted to lieutenant general on February 16,2006.
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Stanley McChrystal was criticized for his role in the aftermath of the 2004 death by friendly fire of Ranger and former professional football player Pat Tillman.
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Shortly thereafter, Stanley McChrystal was put in charge of paperwork to award Tillman a posthumous Silver Star for valor.
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Stanley McChrystal was one of eight officers recommended for discipline by a subsequent Pentagon investigation, but the Army declined to take action against him.
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In 2009, Stanley McChrystal publicly suggested between 30,000 and 40,000 more troops were needed in Afghanistan, as the lowest risk option out of a number of possible troop level changes.
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Stanley McChrystal was advised by White House Staff not to present troop increases numbers to "defeat the Taliban", but to "degrade" them.
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Scott Ritter, former Chief UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq, stated at the time that Stanley McChrystal should be fired for insubordination for disclosing information that he should have said only in private to the President of the United States.
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Stanley McChrystal was not quoted as being directly critical of the president or the president's policies, but several comments from his aides in the article reflected their perception of Stanley McChrystal's disappointment with President Obama after their first two meetings.
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Biden's call to President Obama to tell him of the apology prompted Obama to request a copy of the profile and then to summon Stanley McChrystal to attend in person the president's monthly security team meeting at the White House in lieu of attending via secure video teleconference.
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In 2010, after leaving the Army, Stanley McChrystal joined Yale University as a Jackson Institute for Global Affairs senior fellow.
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Stanley McChrystal teaches a course entitled "Leadership", a graduate-level seminar with some spots reserved for undergraduates.
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Stanley McChrystal is chairman of the Board of Siemens Government Technologies, and is on the strategic advisory board of Knowledge International, a licensed arms dealer whose parent company is EAI, a business "very close" to the United Arab Emirates government.
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Stanley McChrystal co-founded and is a partner at McChrystal Group, an Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm.
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In 2011, Stanley McChrystal joined Spirit of America, a 501 organization that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help, as an Advisory Board Member.
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In 2011, Stanley McChrystal advocated instituting a national service program in the United States.
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General Stanley McChrystal has spent 22 months working closely with military officials to make sure he follows all the rules for writing about the armed forces, including special operations.
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On January 8,2013, Stanley McChrystal appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe program, in which he endorsed stronger US gun control laws, saying that assault weapons were for the battlefield, not schools or streets.
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Stanley McChrystal established a consultancy firm, McChrystal Group, in 2011 which uses the slogan "Bringing Lessons from the Battlefield to Boardroom".
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In 2014, McChrystal endorsed Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democratic congressional hopeful, attempting to unseat Representative John F Tierney in the Democratic primary.
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In January 2016, Stanley McChrystal became the chair of the Board of Service Year Alliance—an organization merged from ServiceNation, the Franklin Project at The Aspen Institute, and the Service Year Exchange.
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In May 2016, Stanley McChrystal was a commencement speaker at The Citadel and received an honorary Doctor of Military Science degree.
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On November 16,2016, Stanley McChrystal rejected the offer to be president-elect Trump's first choice of Secretary of Defense saying, 'I've been watching the campaign and I don't think I'd be a good fit for the.
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On October 1,2020, on the Morning Joe program, Stanley McChrystal endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president in that year's election.
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Stanley McChrystal has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
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Stanley McChrystal's grandfather was US Army Colonel Herbert J McChrystal Sr.
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Stanley McChrystal is the fourth child in a family of five boys and one girl, all of whom would serve in the military or became military spouses.
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Stanley McChrystal's older brother, Colonel Scott McChrystal, is a retired Army chaplain, and is the endorsing agent for the Assemblies of God.
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Stanley McChrystal married Annie Corcoran, from a military family, in 1977.
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Stanley McChrystal is reported to run 7 to 8 miles daily, eat one meal per day, and sleep four hours a night.
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