[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 202 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING SERGEANT MAJOR COLLIN D. BARRY

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                     HON. ABIGAIL DAVIS SPANBERGER

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2023

  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank Sergeant Major Collin D. 
Barry for 24 years of dedicated service to our Nation.
  Sergeant Major Barry first answered the call to service in 1999 when 
he enlisted in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Twenty-four years later, he is 
retiring as the Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region-
Marine Corps Base Quantico Command Senior Enlisted Leader.
  Sergeant Major Barry has a distinguished record of service, evident 
by the numerous service awards he has received, including a Purple 
Heart, the Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal, and the 
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
  Throughout his career, Sergeant Major Barry has selflessly served his 
country, deploying in support of multiple military operations including 
Operation Iraqi Freedom I, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, and Operation 
Inherent Resolve. He has served as an instructor and been a role model 
to students while assigned to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps-
University of New Mexico, and as a Basic Reconnaissance Course Platoon 
Sergeant, Chief Instructor, and Course Chief at the Reconnaissance 
Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of 
Infantry-West.
  Sergeant Major Barry has also committed himself to learning and has 
been a dedicated student during his time of service. He earned his 
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Global Leadership and Organizational 
Management from the Indiana Institute of Technology, a Master of 
Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University, and a 
Bachelor of Business Administration from the Anderson School of 
Management at the University of New Mexico.
  His expertise and leadership led him to participate in two Commandant 
of the Marine Corps task forces at the Pentagon where he worked to 
improve culture, force preservation, and human performance optimization 
within the force. He has made academic and practitioner advancements in 
military leadership through published research and was recognized by 
the Marine Corps Association for communication distinction for his 
articles published in the Marine Corps Gazette.
  Sergeant Major Barry has gone above and beyond in the many roles he 
has fulfilled throughout his career as a mentor, teacher, student, and 
as a Marine. His legacy of service and leadership will continue through 
all the servicemembers who have had the honor of serving with him.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating and 
thanking Sergeant Major Collin D. Barry for 24 years of service to our 
country, and in wishing him the best in his retirement.

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