Background
McChrystal, Stanley Allen was born on August 14, 1954. Son of Herbert J. McChrystal.
McChrystal, Stanley Allen was born on August 14, 1954. Son of Herbert J. McChrystal.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1976. Master of Arts in National Security & Strategic Studies, United States Navel War College. Master of Science in International Relations, Salve Regina University.
Student, Special Forces Officer Course, Special Forces School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1978—1979. Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1980—1981. Student, Command & Staff Course, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1989—1990.
Advanced through grades to general United States Army, 2009. Weapons platoon leader C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division,, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1976—1978. Rifle platoon leader C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, 1978, executive officer, 1978—1979.
Commander, Detachment A, A Company 7th Special Forces Group, 1979—1980. S-2/S-3 (intelligence, operations) United Nations Command Support Group-Joint Security Area, Republic of Korea, 1981—1982. Training officer Directorate Plans & Training, Headquarters Command, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 1982.
Commander A Company 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 1982—1984, S-3 (operations), 1984—1985. Liaison officer 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, 1985—1986, 1987—1988, Commander A Company, 1986—1987, S-3 (operations), 1988—1989. Army special operations action officer (J-3) Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1990—1993.
Commander 2d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, 1993—1994, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1994—1996. Senior service college fellow John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996—1997. Commander 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1997—1999.
Military fellow Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1999—2000. Assistant division Commander (operations) 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2000—2001. Also Commander Combined Joint Task Force-Kuwait, Camp Doha, 2000—2001.
Chief staff XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2001—2002. Also chief of staff Combined Joint Task Force-180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan, 2001—2002. Vice director operations (J-3) The Joint Staff, United States Department Defense, Washington, 2002—2003, director, 2008—2009.
Commanding general Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2003—2006. Commander Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and Joint Special Operations Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), 2006—2008, United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), Kabul, 2009—2010. Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2009—2010.
Senior fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Yale University, New Haven, since 2010. Board directors JetBlue Airways Corporation, since 2010.
Board directors Yellow Ribbon Fund, since 2010.
Married Annie McChrystal.