Colonel Bernie D. Coy was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 03-74, 23 August 1974. His first duty assignment was as a Test Control Officer and Adjutant, Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | His subsequent commands included: Adjutant, Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Enlisted Personnel Management Officer, III Corps Adjutant Generals Office, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 19th Adjutant General Detachment (Postal), Yongson, Korea; Chief, Personnel Services Division, and later Deputy Adjutant General, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Director, Theater Army Personnel Services, Headquarters, 8th Personnel Command, Yongson, Korea; Officer Personnel Management Officer, III Corps G-1, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 502nd Personnel Services Company, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 3rd Personnel and Administrative Battalion, Saudi Arabia; Assistant Adjutant General, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Professional Development Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 369th Adjutant General Battalion, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Deputy Director of Plans, Training, and Mobilization, United States Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Director for Personnel, United States Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Active Army, State Inspector General, Wisconsin National Guard, Madison, Wisconsin.