Tony Tuso; Delta Farce operator
So, I got this phone call a few weeks ago from one of our readers who told the story of Anthony Tuso who stood up at a professional luncheon and told the attendees his remarkable story of being a Delta Force sniper in Afghanistan in the early 80s where he made 18 confirmed kills and earned two Bronze Stars for valor and a two Purple Hearts. The caller had been in the military at the same time and thought Tuso’s story was a little bit fabricated, so he called us to set the story straight.
Well, here is the real story;
Tuso was an image interpreter in a military intelligence unit at Fort Hood, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but there are no special forces units at Fort Hood, TX, let alone a Delta detachment. Tuso has no schooling outside of his schooling for his job – no jump school, no special forces training, no sniper training. His only award according to his records is a marksmanship badge, no Purple Heart, no Bronze Stars. He left active duty on Nov. 8, 1979 and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan on Dec. 24th, 1979, as if that needed to be said.
Category: Phony soldiers
The government redacted all his stuff because of the blah blah blah…
What he meant to say is he is a big Larry the Cable Guy fan and he’s watched Delta Farce over and over.
“His only award according to his records is a marksmanship badge….” Don’t sell the fella short! First, there are 18 grateful Afghans. Second, I think it was the first-ever V device marksmanship badge with grenade bar cluster.
“Shit’s classified” excuse in three, two…
Maggot.
Why can these idiots not be happy with “I served when most wouldn’t. I did my job, I did it well. After I did my service, I left the Army.”
No disgrace in not being Secret Squirrel/SF/Delta/Seal/MoH/Purple Heart/Paratrooper.
Damn Idiots, go play in traffic.
Excuse#4 (behind redacted, classified and maggot) Never made it into his records!
“Delta Force sniper in Afghanistan in the early 80s”
So that would make him a “Soviet Delta Force sniper in Afghanistan in the early 80s” … because we could not even spell Afganastin then!
Finally, somebody who had a more boring enlistment than I had. Although he was gun qualed so it’s closer than I’d like to admit…
He was obviously part of the army’s secret time travel program and invaded Afganistan before even the Russians.
Please people, show some respect.
Delta Force did not come into existence until 1977 BTW so he would have been one of the first. Would have been hard to do on a 3 year enlistment especially since the first requirement is that you had to be an E-5 or above to even qualify.
He’s so badass he doesn’t have to qualify, he just goes in no lube. He was in and out of Mother Russia before she even knew.
Used to be posers were busted maybe once every few weeks or months.
Nowadays a poser gets busted at the seeming rate of 1-2 per DAY.
Jonn, I think the timeline speaks for itself:
11/8/79: Tuso leaves active duty
12/24/79: Soviets invade Afghanistan.
Isn’t it obvious? Those tanks and BMPs were lined up a the USSR/AFG border, just waiting for the order to go. Then, some spy working at Fort Ben Harrison sent the secret coded message:
TUSO IS OUT. OK TO INVADE. GO, COMRADES, GO!
And the rest is history!
Do we have any idea what the “professional luncheon” was? Do we think it may be a good idea that they are informed of this assbag’s shenanigans??
I’d like to hear, as Paul Harvey used to say…”The Rest of the Story”…..
/good day.
Three points of clarity:
1. The US was involved in Afghanistan beginning officially in 1984. The likely players were State Dept, CIA and Tier One Special Operators.
(Tom Hanks even did a movie about it)
2. Anthony Tuso was not among them.
3. Anthony Tuso is however a douchebag.
He was a member of the Warsaw Pact component of Delta? Was in the Russian pre-invasion infiltration units?
Delta? Maybe Delta company in basic or AIT. It was so long ago… he could be confused. Sniper… maybe he thought firing at 300m targets for yearly qualification made him one. Confirmed kills…yep- pop up targets at the range? Two Bronze Stars for Valor and TWO Purple Hearts… well that’s a hard one to explain.
“auto-rifle”? Every record I have says M16 or Rifle. And he got out as a 96D10 as an E-5? That should have been a 96D20.
Were there still Spec5s in ’79? Most MOS consolidated to
E-4= SP4, E-5= SGT, E-6 = SSG around 78, I believe… as I recall only Combat Arms retained the E-4 = CPL. I’m old and have killed a frew brain cells, but this looks altered to me.
@19: When I was at Fort Benning we qualified in both “rifle” and “Auto rifle” as an 11B. Auto Rifle was qualifying with your M16A1 on full auto using 3-5 shot bursts off of a tripod. The 11Bs did this training/qualification while the 11Cs were learning mortars and while the 11H’s were learning to shoot TOW missiles. I was one of about 6 11Bs in a platoon that was mostly 11Hs so for that week we were detached to another platoon. So yes, Auto rifle is a legitimate qualification (although I can’t understand why an Imagery Interpreter – 96D – would so qualify.)
As to your second question, when I came in in 1980 they still had Sp5 and Sp6. By 1983 when I entered the NG the Sp6’s had been converted to SSG but we still had Sp5s. I think the Sp5 rank was eliminated in 1985.
Looks like a fairly “normal” 96D MI enlistment –
BCT @ FLW, AIT at Huachuca, “Casual” at Sam Houston – (Either Med hold or signed in there to avoid going to Germany – as Germany crossed out). Went to the “prototype” CEWI Battalion the 522d – either didn’t hack it or was excess, then sent over to the 131st Aviation Co.(OV-1 Mohawks doing imagery), which was later reflagged as A Co. 15 MI BN..
@20
Specialist 7 was abolished in 1978 and Specialist 5 and Specialist 6 in 1985. Also in 1985 the rank of Specialist 4 simply became known as “Specialist,” which is how it is referred to today.
I started basic training in 1974 and auto-rifle qual was done in basic training by everyone, Army-wide.
Thanks to all… I remember the phase-out but not the timeline. Think I’m still accurate that the 96D10 should have been a D20?
@24 yes, should be 20 level for an E-5, but it’s important to remember when looking at records like this that they were often typed by a hungover PFC who then had his work “checked” by an overworked SFC, so minor errors like this weren’t uncommon. Even today my NGB 20 (NG equivalent of a DD-214) has multiple errors in it even after I brought it to the clerk’s attention. Eventually you just get tired of correcting errors and just sign the damn thing so you can leave.
He made E-5 in 3 years in a drawn down Army, which is doing very well in my book. I knew guys that were proud that they made E-6 in 6 when I first joined.
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First off let’s get the story correct. It wasn’t the 80’s and I never mentioned anything about 18 confirmed kills, that was a farce in itself. Also in as much as I know you want to destroy my character you should know that I am proud of my service and my accomplishments during my tour of service. For almost 30 years I kept my 3 tours down range to myself and never spoke about them not even to my family. That one day became an extremely emotional one and things just came out from that time in my life. All I will tell you is that I and 3 three others were plucked from our field and from that point on I never questioned my orders. For years I have had to live with knowing that the closed door sessions would never be reflected on my service record as is the case for many service men and women. I have never questioned the outcome. Back then things weren’t always black and white as they say. As far as I am concerned I only have to answer to myself, God, and the three others that made those journey’s with me. Think what you want but I have the scares to prove it and am secure with who I am. This response is for all those who served their Country Proud but never got the Brass Parade.
Uh-huh. ‘Cuz squints are so often tapped to be Delta snipers with no training.
Yeah.
Tony,
Just stop. By the look of your real DD-214, your service was perfectly honorable without the bullshit secret squirrel fairy tales. You’ve already fucked that up, and this would be a great time to put the shovel down and not keep digging.
And yet again, “I can’t talk about it because the records are sealed in the interest of national security, but I am allowed to discuss it in a public forum to get a bit of attention.”
Tuco: purus stercus equus. Quit p!ssing on our legs and telling us it’s raining.
What a fucking tool… lying sack of shit.
And yet another dead thread revived by the very douche the thread is about.
Try this: Stop lying and fly under the radar, it works.
Pinhead…
For almost 30 years I kept my 3 tours down range to myself
As well you should have, because they didn’t fucking exist, scooter. And no matter how many times you try to claim otherwise, they still don’t.
Tony, go write novels. They’d be more believable.
got it
Turd.
Hey Tony the Testicle … Fu@k your bullshit story about you and the Three Mousekateers.
It never happened, you know, and we don’t buy it.
One other thing … KMRIA!
Is this 3 or 4 in the past 30 days that has revived a “dead thread” to set the record straight?
Well I’m a firm believer in “stupid should hurt”, so bring the pain. I think they’re feeling left out since Paul and Taint(Dullass) have been getting all the attention.
Didn’t think he placed high enough in the Ballduster Tourney?
I agree with #41. This is just a chance to get a redo in the tourney. He knew that he would have gone farther if it just wasn’t for those other POS.
He is hoping that the next tourney will show him for the true POS he is and the will be able to get to the finals.