Petraeus, David

David Petraeus was born in 1952 in a family of Americans of Dutch descent. His father was the captain of a ship that emigrated to the United States from the Netherlands after World War II .

After leaving school, he entered the West Point Military Academy in 1970. He graduated in 1974, too late to take part in the Vietnam War . He served mainly in the light infantry in the army, although he was sometimes assigned to mechanized units, staff posts and educational institutions.

After completing a training course at a ranger school , he served in the 509th Airborne Battalion ( Vicenza , Italy ). Then, from January 1979 to May 1982, he served in the 24th Infantry (Mechanized) Division in Fort Stewart ( Georgia ): assistant chief of operations of the 2nd Brigade's headquarters (January - July 1979), company commander “A” and officer Operational Division of the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment (July 1979 - May 1981), adjutant of the division commander (May 1981 - May 1982).

In May 1982 - June 1983 he studied at the Command and Staff College of the US Army. Received a prize to them. General George Marshall as the best graduate of 1983 at this college. From June 1983 to June 1985, Petraeus studied at Princeton University. From July 1985 to June 1987, he worked as an assistant professor of international relations at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

He received a master 's degree in public administration (1985) and a Ph.D. in international relations (1987) from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Relations at Princeton University . His doctoral dissertation, “The American Military and the Lessons of the Vietnam War,” examined the impact of the Vietnam War on American military thought.

From June 1987 to June 1988, Petraeus served as military assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General John Galvin . From June 1988 to June 1989, he served as operations officer of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment, and then until August of that year, as Operations Officer of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division of the US Army in Germany .

From August 1989 to August 1991, he was Secretary and Deputy Senior Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Carl Vuono . In August 1991 - July 1993, he commanded the 3rd battalion of the 187th infantry regiment of the 101st airborne division . In this position, he was wounded in the chest by a shot from an M-16 rifle as a result of an incident in live firing. He was operated on by surgeon Bill Frist , the future leader of the Senate majority in the US Congress .

In July 1993 - August 1994 He was an assistant to the chief of staff of the 101st airborne division for planning, operations and training personnel. From August 1994 to January 1995, he studied under a scholarship at the School of Diplomatic Service named after Edmund A. Walsh at Georgetown University . In January 1995, Petraeus had to leave school due to his appointment as chief of operations at the military headquarters of the UN mission in Haiti, where the peacekeeping operation, Uphold Democracy , took place.

From June 1995 to June 1997 he served as commander of the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division . Since June 1997, Petraeus served as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff, and since October 1997, Assistant Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Henry Shelton .

From August 1999 to August 2000, Petraeus again served in the 82nd Airborne Division: first as an assistant division commander for operations, and then as acting division commander (July-August 2000). In August - September 1999, he simultaneously led the Combined Joint Tactical Group Kuwait during Operation Desert Spring.

Petraeus continued to climb the career ladder; in 2000, having the rank of brigadier general, he became chief of staff of the XVIII airborne corps (from August 2000 to June 2001). In the same year, during a parachute jump due to a problem with a parachute, he landed unsuccessfully, having suffered a pelvic fracture.

Between 2001 and 2002, he participated in the NATO peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an assistant chief of staff for NATO Stabilization Force operations, and then as deputy commander of the US Joint Interagency Operational Group ( US Joint Interagency) Counter-Terrorism Task Force ). From July 2002 to May 2004 he commanded the 101st Airborne Division.

When the invasion of Anglo-American forces in Iraq began in March 2003 , Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division.

In June 2004, Petraeus was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed head of the Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq , training the new Iraqi police and army. During his tenure at this post, the security forces of Iraq increased significantly, although the training of personnel often left much to be desired. Petraeus repeatedly visited various Iraqi units with inspections. In September 2005 he returned to the United States.

From October 2005 to February 2007, General Petraeus was the commander of the Fort Leavenworth ( Kansas ) military base and the head of the US Army Combined Arms Center stationed here. ^[4] Together with Marine Corps General James Mattis, he drafted Field Guide 3-24 (FM 3-24), which became the official counter-guerrilla doctrine of the US Army .

In January 2007, US President George W. Bush. Among the events of the new strategy in Iraq, he named the replacement of the commander of the Multinational Force in Iraq, George Casey, General David Petraeus. On January 24, Petraeus addressed the Senate, expressing his ideas for a new presidential strategy. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said: “We now have a better general to lead operations in Iraq. No one can do this except him. We must give him a chance. ” ^[5] The Senate approved Petraeus in the new post with 81 votes in the absence of a vote against, despite the skepticism of a number of senators on Bush’s new strategy. Before returning to Iraq, Petraeus recruited a group of highly educated officers as his advisers. The ceremony of the change of command took place in Baghdad on February 10, 2007. Headed the Multinational Force until September 16, 2008.

On June 26, 2008, the Senate Committee on Armed Forces of Congress approved Petraeus’s candidacy for the post of head of the US Central Command ^[6] .

He headed the command from October 31, 2008 to June 30, 2010.

From July 4, 2010 to July 18, 2011 he commanded the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

He resigned from the armed forces on August 31, 2011 ^[7] .

On April 28, 2011, Petraeus was introduced by US President Barack Obama to the post of director of the CIA ^[8] . June 30, his candidacy was approved by the US Senate ^[9] . David Petraeus assumed his current duties on September 6, 2011. ^[10] He resigned on November 10, 2012 after a scandal involving hacking the mail of his alleged mistress. As it became known, Petraeus gave his mistress Paul Broadwell access to his CIA email and other secret information. Documents attesting to his guilt were sent to a federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina. Petraeus agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized seizure and storage of classified materials. They indicate that he mistreated classified information, not only heading the CIA, but also earlier, while serving in the army. P. Broadwell, a female officer with whom he had an extramarital affair, worked with him on his biography entitled “All In: Education of General David Petraeus” ^[11] .

Petraeus married Holly Knowlton immediately after graduating from West Point (Holly was the daughter of General William Knowlton, who at that time was West Point Superintendent, that is, the director of the academy). They have two children, a son and a daughter.

Present in the computer game Call of Duty: Black Ops II . Odysseus first appears in the mission, where, together with Admiral Briggs, he meets David Mason with the captured Menendez.

Then he appears at the level of Cordis Dee, where, together with Mason and with President, Bosworth rides in armored transport.

Also appears in a Doomsday mission briefing.

• Petraeus, David - an article in the Lentapedia . year 2012.
• David Petraeus in the Merchant Guide
• Helena Cobban. The ideal soldier's tutorial
• Rick Atkinson: Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie
• Wesley Morgan: Petraeus faces tough road in Iraq
• Dossier ITAR-TASS