| David H. Petraeus | | born November 7, 1952 | 
| | Allegiance | United States Army | | Years of service | 1974 - present | | Rank | Lieutenant General | | Commands | 101st Airborne Division; Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq; U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)—nicknamed the “Screaming Eaglesâ€â€”is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq, MNSTC-I, is the branch of the Multi-National Force-Iraq that is responsible for developing, organizing, training, equipping, and sustaining the Iraqi Security Forces, i. ...
In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth established a post on the bluffs overlooking the western bank of the Missouri River to protect the fur trade, safeguard commerce on the Santa Fe Trail and maintain the peace among the inhabitants. ...
| | Battles/wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Joint Forge (Bosnia)
Operation Restore Democracy (Haiti)
Operation Desert Spring (Kuwait) | | Awards | Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal | David Petraeus (born November 7, 1952) is a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. From 2004-2005, he was given the crucial task of building and training Iraq's security forces. For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the...
Operation Joint Forge was the name given to the operations of the NATO Follow-On Force in Bosnia beginning on 20 June 1998. ...
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to national security or defense of the United States. ...
The Distinguished Service Medal is a high level military and civilian decoration of the United States of America which is issued for meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United States armed forces. ...
Defense Superior Service Medal The Defense Superior Service Medal of the United States is a senior decoration of the Department of Defense. ...
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces which is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. ...
The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...
November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...
The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division (where as a Lieutenant Colonel he had previously commanded the Iron Rakkasan Battalion of 3rd Brigade (3-187th Infantry) during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and during that unit's occupation of Mosul into mid-2004. Petraeus has been widely lauded for his effectiveness in administering Mosul, where public order decayed rapidly in 2004 soon after the 101st left. The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)—nicknamed the “Screaming Eaglesâ€â€”is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ...
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In June of 2004, Petraeus was charged with the task of training the new Iraqi Army and security forces as commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq. He relinquished the post in September of 2005. Petraeus then assumed command of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). The New Iraqi Army is being developed by the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) with the ultimate task of assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. ...
Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq, MNSTC-I, is the branch of the Multi-National Force-Iraq that is responsible for developing, organizing, training, equipping, and sustaining the Iraqi Security Forces, i. ...
The Combined Arms Center, headquartered at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, the command that oversees the Command and General Staff College and 17 other schools, centers, and training programs located throughout the United States. The Combined Arms Center is also responsible for: development of the Army’s doctrinal manuals, training of the Army’s commissioned and noncommissioned officers, oversight of major collective training exercises, integration of battle command systems and concepts, and supervision of the Army’s center for the collection and dissemination of lessons learned. In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth established a post on the bluffs overlooking the western bank of the Missouri River to protect the fur trade, safeguard commerce on the Santa Fe Trail and maintain the peace among the inhabitants. ...
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First established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry, the U.S. Armys Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas functions as a graduate school for U.S. and Allied military leaders. ...
Before his tour in Iraq, he was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the NATO Stabilization Force and the Deputy Commander of the US Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force – Bosnia. NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...
Members of the Dutch, French, German and U.S. military watch as an Italian honour guard hoists the new Stabilisation Force flag during the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) activation ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the 20 of December 1996 Pocket badge of the SFOR The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was...
Motto: none Anthem(s): Intermeco Capital Sarajevo Largest city Sarajevo Official language(s) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government Republic - Presidency members Haris Silajdžić1 (Bosniak) Nebojša Radmanović (Serb) Željko Komšić (Croat) - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzić Independence From Yugoslavia - Recognized 6 April 1992 Area - Total...
 David Petraeus in Iraq, 2 August 2003 Petraeus was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1974. He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, or simply USMA (or Army, for NCAA purposes), is a United States Army fort and military academy. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983. He subsequently earned MPA and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and later served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the U.S. Military Academy. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the influence of Vietnam on military thinking regarding the use of force. He also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880–October 16, 1959), an American military leader and statesman, was born into a middle-class family in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. ...
Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ...
Robertson Hall, which houses the Woodrow Wilson School. ...
Georgetown University is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit university in the United States, having been founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. ...
He has been wounded at least twice in the line of duty, once in a live-fire exercise in 1991 and again in a hard landing after a parachute jump where he broke his pelvis. Petraeus and his wife [daughter of retired Army four-star general William Knowlton] have two children, a son and a daughter. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Decorations and Badges
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to national security or defense of the United States. ...
The Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.) is a military decoration for courage. ...
Defense Superior Service Medal The Defense Superior Service Medal of the United States is a senior decoration of the Department of Defense. ...
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces which is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. ...
The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is the third highest award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense. ...
The Meritorious Service Medal is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969. ...
The Achievement Medal is the lowest of the United States military’s non-combat meritorious service medals. ...
The Achievement Medal is the lowest of the United States military’s non-combat meritorious service medals. ...
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Expert Infantryman Badge. ...
The Parachutist Badge, also commonly referred to as Jump Wings or Snow Cone, is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which is awarded to members of the United States Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. ...
The Air Assault Badge is a military badge of the United States Army which was first created in 1974. ...
Ranger Tab The Ranger Tab is a military decoration of the United States Army which signifies completion of the U.S. Army Ranger School, a three month course providing instruction in small-unit combat tactics in woodland, mountain, and swamp operations. ...
The Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge is a U.S. military badge presented to the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff upon appointment to position as either a Service Head, Vice Chairman, or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...
The Army Staff Identification Badge is a decoration of the United States Army and is awarded to those personnel who serve for one year as a member of the Army General Staff. ...
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