KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 2008: US Captain McChrystal of Charlie Company, 1/503rd, 173rd Brigade, points out areas of interest during a visit by Major General Jeffrey Schloesser, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-101, to Speray Combat Outpost in Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 15, 2008. Schloesser, who began his military carreer 32 years ago as a private, was at the Combat Outpost to meet the men under his command and see firsthand the ground that the troops are operating in. Getty Images logo Getty Images 20 months ago

KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 2008: US Captain McChrystal of Charlie Company, 1/503rd, 173rd Brigade, points out areas of interest during a visit by Major General Jeffrey Schloesser, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-101, to Speray Combat Outpost in Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 15, 2008. Schloesser, who began his military carreer 32 years ago as a private, was at the Combat Outpost to meet the men under his command and see firsthand the ground that the troops are operating in.