Small Wars Journal

Nicholas J. Lorusso

BIO

Colonel Nicholas J. Lorusso, U.S. Army Reserves, most recently served as the commander of the 91st Legal Operations Detachment in Darien, Illinois.  He earned a BA in History from the University of New Orleans, a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College and a Juris Doctor from LSU Law School.  Previous joint assignments include CJTF 180-Operation Uphold Democracy (Republic of Haiti) and the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba).  He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, the Brigade Pre-Command Course, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School – Hybrid and the U.S. Army Airborne School.  As a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, COL Lorusso passed legislation creating, and subsequently served on, the Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission.

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