Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal received the Senate’s approval on June 10 to receive a fourth star and become the commander of US Forces Afghanistan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. He will replace Army Gen. David McKiernan. Defense Secretary Robert Gates last month decided he needed to put fresh eyes on Afghanistan operations as the US bulks up its forces in that country by 21,000 by October. McChrystal has been serving as director of the Joint Staff and has much experience commanding special operations forces. (For more, read yesterday’s AFPS report by Donna Miles.)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the site of U.S. Space Command’s future home Dec. 12 and endorsed the move to establish the headquarters in Alabama after years of political back and forth.
