COLONEL GLENN T. NISSLEY
Commander, 213th Regional Support Group

Colonel Glenn T. Nissley is a 1977 graduate of Missouri State University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in education. He also earned a master’s degree in education in guidance and counseling from Millersville University in 1981. In 1977, Colonel Nissley began his civilian teaching career in the Middletown Area School District as a physical education and health teacher.

Colonel Nissley began his military career as an enlisted Soldier in Company B, 103rd Medical Battalion in 1981. In 1984, he was commissioned a second lieutenant through the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Academy’s Officer Candidate School, Class 24. He has served as an ambulance platoon leader, medical company executive officer, and medical company commander for Company F, 728th Main Support Battalion (MSB) in Lancaster, Pa. Upon completion of company command, he served as the executive officer and commander of the 728th MSB, in Lock Haven, Pa. His next assignment was to serve as the division medical operations chief in the 28th Division Support Command (DISCOM). Colonel Nissley served in this position until called to active duty, in his second battalion command, as the commander of the 228th Forward Support Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His battalion, of more than 700 Soldiers, supported the 2-28 BCT in combat operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq from June 2005 to June 2006. After returning from deployment, he was assigned to the Division Surgeon’s Section of the 28th Infantry Division as the chief medical operations planner.

Colonel Nissley was transferred in July 2007 to the Joint Force Headquarters of the Pennsylvania National Guard, as the J-4. Colonel Nissley assumed command of the 213th Area Support Group, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., in October 2009.

Colonel Nissley’s military education includes the Medical Officer Basic Course, the Medical Officer Advance Course, and the Command and General Staff College.

Colonel Nissley’s military awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious  Service Medal (third award), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (second award), Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (fifth award), National Defense Service Medal (third award), Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (second award), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (second award), Pennsylvania 20 Year Service Ribbon, Major General Thomas J. Stewart Medal, and the Major General Thomas R. White Medal.

Colonel Nissley and his wife, Doreen, reside in Lancaster, Pa. They have two children, Justin and Courtney. Colonel Nissley retired from teaching after 32 years as a physical education and health teacher at the Middletown Area Middle School.