2 Resumes'

[tbone]

General McChrystal
Commander, International Security Assistance Force/
Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan
United States Army

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
Senior Service College Fellowship Harvard University
(Abbreviated)
Jun 89 Jun 90 Student, Command and Staff Course, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Jun 90 Apr 93 Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia
Apr 93 Nov 94 Commander, 2d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg , North Carolina
Nov 94 Jun 96 Commander, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis , Washington
Jun 96 Jun 97 Senior Service College Fellowship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , Cambridge , Massachusetts
Jun 97 Aug 99 Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Aug 99 Jun 00 Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
Jun 00 Jun 01 Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait, Camp Doha, Kuwait
Jun 01 Jul 02 Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM, Afghanistan
Jul 02 Sep 03 Vice Director for Operations, J3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Sep 03 Feb 06 Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Feb 06 Jun 08 Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Aug 08 Jun 09 Director, The Joint Staff, Washington , DC
Jun 09 Present Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan , OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS:
S2/S3 (Intelligence/Operations), United Nations Command Support Group Joint Security Area , Korea (Feb 81-Mar 82, Captain)
Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia Jun 90-Apr 93 Major/Lieutenant Colonel)
Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 01-Jul 02, Brigadier General)
Vice Director for Operations, J3, The Joint Staff, Washington , DC (Jul 02-Sep 03, Brigadier General)
Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg , North Carolina (Sep 03-Feb 06, Brigadier General/Major General)
Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations
Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Feb 06-Jun 08, Major General/Lieutenant General)
Director, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC (Aug 08-Jun 09, Lieutenant General)
Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 09-Present, General)
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE
Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia (Jun 90-Mar 91, Major)
Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait, Camp Doha, Kuwait (Apr 01-Jun 01, Brigadier General)
Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (May 02-Jul 02, Brigadier General)
Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan , OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 09- Present, General)
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
______________________________ ______________________________ _____
Obama :
Birthplace: Location remains questionable. Proof of United States Citizenship hasn't been provided.
Education: Columbia University, Harvard Law School. Records never produced, attendance remains questionable.
Military Career: None
Business Career: None
Political Career: Community organizer, Chicago, 1983-86; civil rights attorney, Chicago, 1991-96;
University of Chicago, lecturer, early 1990s-2004; Illinois State Senator, 1996-2005; U.S. Senator, 2005-2008; President 2008-.
______________________________ ______________________________ ________
I believe the wrong guy resigned.

[Vortex]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)

[Black Dynamite]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)

LOL, yep I checked, no media relations courses in there.:D

[Leadfoot281]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)

Are you talking about Joe Biden? ;)

[twin03]

I did not agree with the second Bush, but I did my job while he was commander and chief..

[SpartaPerformance]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Phrog_gunner]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)

Surely, you aren't implying that Obama chose poorly when he hand picked McChrystal for the position?

[musclemerc]

^^Who came highly recomended by Gates as the ONLY person capable of completing a sucessful mission in Afganistan.

[GAMike]

Do you really think McChrystal had a slip of the tongue???? He's special ops bred..... He knew exactley what the fallout would be....

He knew there was no focus, and no plan in place about how to deal with AFG(and by default Pakistani Nukes), and he knew the American people should absolutely know this.

He could have done this with the NY Times or any number of news publications. I think his this was all orchestrated in Rolling Stone because it would have the shock value he desired.

Michael Hastings is not some super investigative reporter that out witted a special ops 4 star...... He is a pawn in a much larger game.

McChrystal is not perfect, and I cannot say I totally agree with how he did what he did, but what he did was expose how little the Obama Administration is actually doing about foreign policy/military issues that effect this country, all while controling the house and senate.

Obama is creating situations where organizations like the Taliban are in closer proximity to Nuclear weapons than ever before.

Exposing this ineptitude was more important to McChrystal than the stars on his shoulder..... This is what I believe after reading a good bit about it from a number of different news orgs.

[Bluerauder]

All that experience and never learned to keep your mouth shut around the press. :)


LOL, yep I checked, no media relations courses in there.:D

I think General McChrystal accomplished his mission with that article in Rolling Stone. This was not a screw-up but a calculation that will improve the conditions for General Petraeus. IMHO, GEN McChrystal sacrificed his career to bring about better cooperation between the command, the Commander-in-Chief, the Department of Defense, the Department of State and the ambassador. Getting all those organizations to pull in the same direction is necessary for success on any level in Afghanistan. McChrystal may be gone; but the condition has been exposed and corrected. General Petraeus will have a better chance of succeeding because of it.

No, this was not a mistake .... but a manipulation of the major players. That's what special operators do. JMHO.

[LIGHTNIN1]

I think General McChrystal accomplished his mission with that article in Rolling Stone. This was not a screw-up but a calculation that will improve the conditions for General Petraeus. IMHO, GEN McChrystal sacrificed his career to bring about better cooperation between the command, the Commander-in-Chief, the Department of Defense, the Department of State and the ambassador. Getting all those organizations to pull in the same direction is necessary for success on any level in Afghanistan. McChrystal may be gone; but the condition has been exposed and corrected. General Petraeus will have a better chance of succeeding because of it.

No, this was not a mistake .... but a manipulation of the major players. That's what special operators do. JMHO.

Exactly. General McChrystal was a Pro who knew 24 hrs a day what he was doing, unfortunately the other guy was a loser at community organizing( Rabble Rousing).

[Vortex]

I think General McChrystal accomplished his mission with that article in Rolling Stone. This was not a screw-up but a calculation that will improve the conditions for General Petraeus. IMHO, GEN McChrystal sacrificed his career to bring about better cooperation between the command, the Commander-in-Chief, the Department of Defense, the Department of State and the ambassador. Getting all those organizations to pull in the same direction is necessary for success on any level in Afghanistan. McChrystal may be gone; but the condition has been exposed and corrected. General Petraeus will have a better chance of succeeding because of it.

No, this was not a mistake .... but a manipulation of the major players. That's what special operators do. JMHO.


If true, history will show he was one of the most brilliant generals in US history (and I hope you are right by the way.) Unfortunately, my personal opinion is there is no "win", no "finish line" in Afganistan. We are never going to be able to bring a society of illiterate, impoverished, war-loving savages out of the stone age. Religious zealots that do not encourage moderation combined with a land-locked country thats only profitable product is opium has doomed these people to their fate. We cannot force or cajole them to get with the program. UBL is hiding in Pakistan, another different type of toilet of a place. Time for us to "declare victory" and get the heck out of Afganistan. The place is not worth the loss of one more US soldier. Anyone expecting a democratic, peace-loving, opium free Afganistan is delusional.

[tbone]

Now you guys are "getting it". (GAMike)

[GordonB]

Vortex, Blurauder, et al,
AMEN, brothers!
GordonB