Roland Tiso, Col. U.S. Army (Retired) and Author of 'In Strange Company'

Initially enlisted in 1969 to play football for the army, Col. Tiso ended up on a bus to the Virginia Military Institute to ultimately get commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973. He served decades as a soldier and, after mandatory retirement, still chose to serve 11 more years as an intelligence planner and analyst for a defense contractor.
He deployed five more times to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. Col. Tiso explains that the Iraqi army was envisioned to be a bulwark against Iran. But its failures in the Battle of Najaf, as well as a pivot in strategy, ended up costing American lives in a war that could have been over by 2005.
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[@lynnallen1585]

COL (R) Tiso was my battalion commander, from 1991-‘93, when I was a lieutenant in the 1/508 IN (Airborne) at FT Kobbe, Panama.

[@bettiegaldo8783]

I went to Pelham High School with Roland..Always a gentleman!

[@bettiegaldo8783]

A True Patriot!

[@austinshannon4197]

I got niners over chiefs 2day.