For the football player, see Mark McChrystal
General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA (born August 14, 1954) is the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). He previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009 and as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008, where he was credited with the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qae...
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For the football player, see Mark McChrystal
General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA (born August 14, 1954) is the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). He previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009 and as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008, where he was credited with the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, but also criticized for his role in the investigation of the Pat Tillman friendly fire incident. and his actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He assumed his current assignment on June 15, 2009. His father was Major General Herbert McChrystal. He was the fourth child in a family of five boys and a girl, all of whom would serve or marry into the military. His older brother, Colonel Scott McChrystal, was a Chaplain, and is the endorsing agent for the Assemblies of God. McChrystal has a wife and grown son.
McChrystal graduated from the...
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