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My Take
Stanley McChrystal is a figure I find genuinely complicated. Born at Fort Leavenworth in 1954, he's a retired US Army general best known for commanding Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008, a period credited with eliminating Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The decorations are striking to me, the Bronze Star, multiple Distinguished Service Medals, the Legion of Merit. What I keep thinking about is how a career built in the shadows of special operations later turned toward teaching as a university lecturer. That pivot from the battlefield to the classroom is what makes me curious about him, more than the medals themselves.
Overview
Stanley Allen McChrystal (born 14 August 1954) is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008 during which his organization was credited with the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stanley A. McChrystal
- Name (Japanese)
- スタンリー・マクリスタル
- Reading
- すたんりー・まくりすたる
- Born
- August 14, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- army officer / military commander / university teacher / soldier
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- St. John's College High School
- University
- St. John's College High School
Awards & achievements
- Bronze Star Medal
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- Humanitarian Service Medal
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
- 2016 Honorary Doctor of Military Science
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.