WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week as the top commander in the stalemated Afghanistan war, has told the Army that he will retire.
Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said McChrystal notified the service of his plans yesterday, but he has not yet submitted formal retirement papers. It is not clear when he will leave the service, but the process usually takes a few months.
President Obama has praised McChrystal’s long Army career, but says his intemperate remarks in a Rolling Stone magazine article that appeared last week could not be abided.
McChrystal apologized for the remarks and flew to Washington last week to resign as commanding general of the war.