From the 82nd , he moved on to serve as Chief of Staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000 – 2001 . In 2000 , Petraeus suffered his second major injury , when , during a civilian skydiving jump , his parachute collapsed at low altitude due to a hook turn , resulting in a hard landing that broke his pelvis . He was selected for promotion to Major General in 2001 . During 2001 – 2002 , as a brigadier general , Petraeus served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge . In Bosnia , he was the NATO Stabilization Force Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations as well as the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force , a command created after the September 11 attacks to add counterterrorism capability to the U.S. forces attached to the NATO command in Bosnia . In 2004 , he was promoted to lieutenant general . In 2007 , he was promoted to General . On April 23 , 2008 , Secretary of Defense Gates announced that President Bush was nominating General Petraeus to command U.S. Central Command ( USCENTCOM ) , headquartered in Tampa , Florida . In 2010 , Petraeus was nominated to command the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan , which required Senate confirmation . He was confirmed on June 30 , 2010 , and took over command from temporary commander Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker on July 4 , 2010
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
David Petraeus