After a successful stint running the secretive special operations killing machine in Iraq, Glen was appointed leader of US and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
A war which, as he saw it, wasn't being won 'cause it wasn't being led.
General.
We're all very excited to have you here.
It's an honor to meet you.
I'm excited to be here.
Ain't that right, Greg?
Yes, indeed, sir. You're very excited.
Somehow, while he was in Iraq, Glen found time to author a book on leadership, entitled One Leg at a Time, Just Like Everybody Else.
In it, he wrote, "Men are imperfect creatures.
Left to their own devices, all they really want to do is play with their d*cks and eat chicken. " For all his many achievements leading special operations in Iraq, I think most of us here will know General McMahon as the man who took out al-Zarwaqi, who kicked al-Qaeda in the sack.
You're welcome.
We have a warrior at the helm, and it's a pleasure to have you, sir.
Glen was known as a humble man.
But humble in that way that says, "My humility makes me better than you. " He was famous for his Spartan regime of routine and discipline.
He ate one meal a day.
He slept four hours per night.
He ran seven miles every morning.
In Iraq, he transformed special operations with what he called systemic negation of repetitive procedural practice.
Or, to the acronym-obsessed military, SNORPP.
We got Italy in there.
That's the Dutch.
We got Poland, Macedonia, Ukraine.
We got Australia over there, Croatia, Belgium- Okay, that'll do. Bite-size chunks, hmm?
