Stanley A. McChrystal

The media serves as a conduit between the military and the American public. While it is a critical subset of the population, the military represents only roughly 1 percent of the entire U.S. population, which creates a potential contextual gap between the military and civilians. Many civilians today do not know anyone who serves and may feel disconnected because they do not understand the military’s purpose, activities and meaning in their own lives. For them, the media offers their only…

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 is an autobiography that exposes one of the most appalling yet valiant military missions, Operation Redwing. This infamous mission occurred following the delegation of four Navy SEALs to northern Afghanistan; their commission being to seize and kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Disastrously, this operation ultimately did not go as planned leading to the deaths of three very heroic military leaders.…

The Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM) is a nine month long course consisting of six training blocks and a one-month long hospital rotation. The design of the course progresses the students from the fundamentals of medicine to advanced combat casualty management over its duration. The SOCM leadership is responsible for ensuring continuity of instruction, but there is a lack of interaction among the leadership of the individual blocks and their instructors. More intimate integration…

in Afghanistan the president felt that the area was not receiving the “strategic attention, direction, and resources it urgently requires” and replaced the General Davin D. McKiernan with former Special Forces commander Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal and deployed 30,000 military personnel to Afghanistan and promised to begin troop withdrawals 18 months from December 1, 2009. In February of 2013 he said the troop level would decrease from 68,000 to 34,000 within a year. Information was…

1. Leaders in the military must exhibit a deeper understanding of situational awareness and care for their personnel, vice those leading within organizations. During my time in the military I often pondered the use and need for military officers. Why not just let senior enlisted military members who have been involved in the organization for more than a decade be in charge? They have experience and a working knowledge of the group. My questions were answered on the night of March 1st, 2012 on…

McChrystal is proving that leaders will let you make mistakes because your leader won’t always be with you. The reason why leaders do this is so that the person in training knows what to do one day if the leader isn’t there. My captain makes it seem like we…

well at convincing his audience with facts and benefits while using a pragmatic tone. He covered all aspects of why his revised draft would be more equitable than the one from the Vietnam War. Thomas Ricks begins his essay by quoting General Stanley A. McChrystal. He is the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan. The quote demonstrated that it was time for reinstating the draft. Ricks starts his essay with the quote from the general not only to liken his proposal, but to assure…

United States service academies are historic institutions that aim to educate Midshipmen and Cadets with a diverse curriculum and professional military knowledge. Military academies place extended emphasis on three core areas: moral decision making, mental development and increased physical capacity. By focusing on these vital areas, our leadership institutions produce fine ladies and gentlemen who are devoted to their country and ameliorate our nation’s security. With a combination of…

President Obama 's additional war-related campaign agreement was to improve the United States military assurance in Afghanistan in order to maintain the extremist Taliban’s from achieving power and allowing the Al Qaeda repeatedly using the country as the foundation for terrorist operations against the United States. Obama soon after taking office, granted the military 's request, which was originally made at the end of the Bush presidency, to dispatch an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan,…

Essay topic Is it possible to defeat a relatively weaker opponent who uses unconventional “asymmetric” tactics? Introductory Paragraph ‘The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose’ (Kissinger, 1969) claims Henry A. Kissinger. Whereas the famous revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara claimed that ‘Guerrilla warfare is used by the side which is supported by a majority but which possesses a much smaller number of arms for use in defence against oppression’…