Not only that, he got to meet and marry the commandant's daughter!! How much better could that be for his career. Then he screwed it up, temporarily, when he had some affairs.
I had not thought about that for years! I recall his girlfriend, a feisty little redhead, also part of the service. I think she was ‘helping him with his memoirs’.
I have no idea what became of her.
After Obama was re-elected in 2012, all this came crashing down on Petraeus immediately afterward.