On Thursday 1 October 2009, General Stanley McChrystal, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan gave a Special Address on Afghanistan.
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General Stanley A. McChrystal is the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan. He previously served as Director, Joint Staff from August 2008 to June 2009 and as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008. He assumed his current assignment on June 15, 2009.
McChrystal graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1976 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army.
Promoted to Brigadier General on January 1, 2001, he served as Assistant Division Commander (Operations) of the 82nd Airborne Division from June 2000 to June 2001. From June 2001 to July 2002 he was Chief of Staff of XVIII Airborne Corps, including duty as Chief of Staff of Combined Joint Task Force 180, the headquarters formation contributed by XVIII Airborne Corps to direct all
Operation Enduring Freedom operations in Afghanistan.
At the start of the Iraq War in 2003, he was a member of the Joint Staff in the Pentagon, where he had been Vice Director of Operations, J-3, since July 2002. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) for five years, spending much of this time in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on February 16, 2006.
This discussionwas moderated by Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS. It took place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
