Douglas M . Stone Douglas M . Stone is a Major General , United States Marine Forces Reserve , Retired . He recently relinquished the position of Deputy Commanding General , Detainee Operations , Multi - National Force - Iraq and Commander , Task Force 134 , commanding all detention operations in at Camp Cropper , Camp Bucca and Camp Ashraf . He was nominated for Lieutenant General and was to be head of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North . Military career . Active duty . MG Stone was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1973 . He served on active duty until 1978 holding positions of Weapons Platoon Commander , Company Executive Officer , and Battalion Assistant Operations Officer and Commanding Officer , Company A , Marine Barracks , Guam . Reserve . Assignments . In 1978 , MG Stone accepted a reserve commission ; and over the years served in the following positions : Most recently Stone commanded detention facilities in Iraq , where his reforms were widely admired . Stone changed the structure of the detention , to more quickly expedite the release of captives who weren ' t enemies , or whose ties to the militants had been based on money , not ideology . And Stone changed how those held in detention were treated , allowing them visits from their family , and meaningful job skills training . In April 2009 General David Petraeus called upon Stone to apply his successful experiene from Iraq to study the USA ' s policy on detaining captives apprehended in Afghanistan . His 700 - page report was finished in August 2009 , and Stone briefed senior officials including : Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , Richard Holbrooke ( President Barack Obama ' s Special Envoy for the region ) , and General Stanley McChrystal , commander of U . S . forces in Afghanistan . " National Public Radio " reports that while his report has not yet been made public officials briefed by him say he recommends releasing most Afghan captives , many of whom were not militants , just individuals rounded up in random sweeps . He is also reported to have recommended that those the USA does detain receive the same kind of rehabilitation the captives whose detention he supervised in Iraq received . According to " Radio Free Europe " , Amnesty International ' s Asia - Pacific director , Sam Zia Zarifi , paraphrased Stone ' s report on the USA ' s detentions in Afghanistan : " " pointed out that the lack of a legal structure for Bagram means that it is undermining the rule of law in Afghanistan and it has caused a lot of resentment among Afghans . " " . Activations . Prior to being activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom , MG Stone had been activated once previously . He was activated and served with the 2nd Battalion , 23rd Marine Regiment in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm . The Battalion , as part of its deployment to Okinawa was sent to Japan as MAGTF 4 - 91 supporting contingency and humanitarian relief operations in the Western Pacific . From May 2003 to August 2004 he served as the U . S . Defense Representative ( and CENTCOM Liaison Officer ) in Islamabad , Pakistan . Special positions . MG Stone has served on the USMC Reserve Policy Board , the Board of Directors for the Toys for Tots Foundation , and on the Board of Advisors to the Naval Postgraduate School . Civilian career . MG Stone held various executive management positions at major computer and electronics firms and has been CEO of three software development firms . Education . In addition to earning his Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Naval Academy , he earned advanced degrees from Pepperdine University , Stanford University and the Naval War College . He earned a doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California . Family . He is married with two daughters and eight grandchildren .