Military Service Award: This is given to a GMC Corps of Cadets alumnus who has rendered unusual and conspicuous service, heroic effort, and action or service to their city, state, or nation while bringing honor to GMC and the Corps of Cadets.
COL (Ret) Bernard Warrington, Jr. JC 1990
Colonel (Ret) Bernard Warrington Jr., a native of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, received an early commission in the U.S. Army Infantry from Georgia Military College in 1990 and immediately embarked on an impressive military career.
His civilian education includes a Master of Business Administration in Industrial Engineering & Operations, a Bachelor of Business Administration, and two Associate of Arts degrees in Military Science & Business Administration. He is a Master Logistician and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
COL Warrington’s extensive military service includes multiple combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, an overseas tour in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, and a wide variety of assignments in the United States. He served as U.S. Army Pacific Defense Coordinating Officer – Pacific East. He is currently the Program Management Director with RiverTech, an Akima Company.
He has served at each level of command: Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and Battalion Personnel Officer (S1), 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment; Plans Officer, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; Company Commander, Headquarters and Supply Company, 615th Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division and Operation Stabilization Forces Four, Bosnia Herzegovina; Combat Service Support Team Chief, 348th Training Support Brigade; Brigade Operations Planner, Deputy Brigade
Operations (S3) and Brigade Operations Officer (S3), 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom I, Mosul, Iraq; Support Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer, 8th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom IV, Tikrit, Iraq. He commanded the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution in Corpus Christi, Texas and was Deputy Commander, 45th Sustainment Brigade for Operation Enduring Freedom in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
His staff assignments include Staff Officer (Logistics), Forces Command G4 Power Projection Logistics, Fort McPherson, Ga., and Operation Enduring Freedom; Staff Officer (Operations), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations); G-3/5/7, Army Transformation Office, Pentagon, Washington, DC.
He also served as a legislative fellow in the 110th Congress, United States Senate, Office of Senator Claire C. McCaskill, (D-MO), in Washington, DC. His last assignment was Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics), 8th Theater Sustainment Command in Ft. Shafter HI.
COL Warrington’s awards and badges include the Bronze Star Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (four oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Superior Unit Award, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (one oak leaf cluster), the U.S. Army Staff Badge, the Honorable Order of St. Michael (Bronze) for excellence in Army Aviation and Honorable Order of St. Martin (Bronze) for excellence in the Quartermaster Corps. He is a parachutist and is air assault qualified. He is a recognized Demonstrated Master Logistician by the Society of Logistics Engineers. In 2023, COL Warrington was inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame, the highest form of recognition within the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.
COL Warrington is married to the former TaMekii L. Clark of Conyers, Georgia. Together they have two children, Naomi and Nigel.
