Lt. Col. Tosten talks about combat and PTSD

Service to country never ends
May. 26, 2012
Written by
Scott Rogers

Army Lt. Col. Tom Tosten led troops during stints in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, but the toughest battle he's had to fight was at home as he transitioned back into civilian life after four deployments over his military career.

Tosten's tours of duty included eight months in Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s followed by six months in Somalia in 1994. His most recent tours were 15 months in Iraq followed by another to Afghanistan.

His tour in Afghanistan was cut short after four months when Army officials decided to send him home for treatment for post traumatic stress disorder.

That's a decision that haunted him for months as he felt responsible for the well-being of the men and women in the Marines under his command and didn't want to leave them.
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