Col. Phillip S. Warren, Garrison Commander

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Carson

Col. Phillip S. Warren is a native of Kearney, Missouri. He is a prior enlisted infantry Soldier who received his commission in February 2003 as a military police officer through the Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia. He graduated with a criminal justice degree from the University of Maryland University College while serving as a platoon leader in Germany, and a Master of Business and Organizational Security Management from Webster University.

He most recently served as the assistant commandant at the U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Warren’s previous assignments include assistant executive officer to the deputy chief of staff for operations, Plans and Training (DCS G-3/5/7), Headquarters Department of the Army, in Washington, D.C., from June 2022 to July 2023; commander, 93rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas; plans chief, Eighth Army Provost Marshal Office in Camp Humphreys, Korea; operations officer, Special Activities Division, J39, and the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C.; military organizational integrator, HQDA G3/5/7, Army Staff in Washington, D.C.; brigade S3, 15th Military Police Brigade, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; battalion S3, 40th Military Police Battalion, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; company commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; aide de camp to the commanding general of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; aide de camp, Task Force 134, Camp Liberty, Iraq; company commander, 116th Military Police Company, Fort Riley, Kansas; operations officer, 1st Infantry Division Provost Marshal Office, Fort Riley, Kansas; platoon leader, 1st Military Police Company, Wurzburg, Germany. His operational deployments include three deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Warren’s military education includes the Army Force Management Course, Command and General Staff Officer Course and the Military Police Officer Basic and Advance Courses. He most recently completed Senior Service College earning a Master of National Security and Strategic Resource Management from the Eisenhower School of National Security at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal, Joint Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff Badge, Expert Infantry Badge and the Air Assault Badge.

Warren is married and has four boys.