ARMY WARRANT OFFICER HISTORY "The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer" Part IV - 2010 -
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January 11, 2010, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gary Nisker assumed the office of Command
Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard with duty in the Office of
the Director Army National Guard in the National Guard Bureau.
On January 29, 2010, Chief Warrant
Officer 5 Todd M. Boudreau
became the third Regimental Chief Warrant Officer of the Signal Regiment
assuming the position at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
See biography and
photo.
Also in January 2010, an article was published about Chief Warrant
Officer 5 Ronald
Galloway. As a Military
Assistant to The Secretary of The Army, CW5 Galloway provides Warrant
Officer Representation at the most senior level of our Army. By working at
the senior levels within the Army he has an opportunity to educate others on
what warrants are and how we represent 15 branches within the Army. Having
adequate representation at Department of the Army level and above is
extremely important for us as warrant officers.
On March 9, 2010, the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award Winners for CY 2009 were announced - The 28 Officers selected epitomize the ideals for which for which General MacArthur stood for: Duty, Honor, and Country. Among these selected officers were three Warrant Officers: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky W. Fowler, active Army, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark J. Simon, Army National Guard; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thomas A. Yelito, Army Reserve. Award activities, an Award Ceremony, and associated events will take place in Washington, DC during 5 - 6 May 2010.
Pictured right: The Virginia National Guard Warrant Officer Candidate School from the Blackstone-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute conducted a building dedication ceremony April 17 at Fort Pickett to officially open its new home in Building 1694. The building will be used to house offices for the WOCS cadre and also has student classrooms and overnight quarters for twenty male and six female warrant officer candidates. (Photo by Maj. Cotton Puryear, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
In April 2010, Chief Warrant 5 Wade H. Lovorn III replaced Chief Warrant 5 Michael Anderson as the Chairman of the Senior Warrant Officer Advisory Council (SWOAC), Senior Warrant Officer Advisor to the Commanding General and Combined Arms Command, Center for Army Leadership as a Leader Development Officer. CW5 Anderson is being reassigned to U. S. Pacific Command Headquarters. See CW5 Lovorn's biography.
On April 23, 2010, Over two dozen newly appointed warrant officers graduated the Special Forces Warrant Officer Tactical and Technical Certification Course during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Auditorium on Fort Bragg. This class of warrant officers graduating from the certification course will be the last to do so under the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School's temporary appointment authority. After three years of trial periods managing its own warrant officer training program, the Center and School has been authorized the ability to permanently appoint its warrant officers, making it the only organization in the Army to receive this authority aside from the Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Ala. The class graduating May 18 will be the first to do so under permanent appointment authority. (see News Release)
On April, 24, 2010, the Board of Directors of the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association joined in issuing a Joint Resolution together with the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation to support an initiative that the Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe, Virginia remain as an active Army Museum in the United States Army Museum System - see the Resolution. (See also "Fort Monroe's Little Known History: Birthplace of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer.")
On April 26, 2010, H.R. 5136, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Section 507 of the bill would amend Section 571(b) of Title 10, United States Code to provide that appointments in the grade of regular warrant officer, W-1, be made by the regulation issued by the Secretary of the Military Department and that these appointments shall be made by the President except that appointments in that grade in the Coast Guard shall be made by the Secretary concerned. Section 507 further amends Title 10 so that appointments in permanent reserve warrant officer grades shall be in the same manner as prescribed for regular warrant officers grades. The prognosis for retention of these changes in the final NDAA is good because there is no cost involved. (See Extract of H.R. 3156)
On April 28, 2010, after 16 weeks of advanced training at Fort Bragg, Special Forces Soldiers who left their battalions wearing the chevrons of noncommissioned officers return to those same battalions as warrant officers, ready to command or help command Special Forces operational detachments. This class of warrant officers graduating from the certification course will be the last to do so under the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School's temporary appointment authority. This class of warrant officers graduating from the certification course will be the last to do so under the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School's temporary appointment authority - see more.
In May 2010, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear School (CBRN) at For Leavenworth, KS started new Warrant Officer program. Implementing the CBRN warrant officer program requires the Chemical officer branch to convert 13 percent of its positions to warrant officer positions, ultimately decreasing the number of Branch Detail officers accessed by 30-50 percent. These officer conversions apply to all three components: Active Army, National Guard and Army Reserve. The adjustment provides an increased opportunity for many CBRN lieutenants to serve in platoon leader positions that previously were filled by branch detail officers - see the article published in the March 2010 NEWSLINER of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Association.
Also in June 2010, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bernard L. Satterfield was appointed as the 7th Regimental Chief Warrant Officer of the Ordnance Corps. He succeeds Chief Warrant Officer 5 Arthur G. Dahl, IV who had served as the RCWO since September 2008. (See biography of CW5 Satterfield.)
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On
February 13, 2010, the National Guard Association of Kentucky (NGAKY)
presented Chief Warrant Officer Five Dean E. Stoops with its most
significant recognition, the prestigious "Billy G. Wellman Award", for his
contributions to the Kentucky National Guard, the NGAKY, and the Kentucky
National Guard Historical Foundation (KNGHF).
CW5 Stoops is the Army National Guard Aviation Standardization
Officer. He is assigned to the NGB, Aviation and Safety Division, Safety
and Standardization Branch and is the former Aviation Standardization
Officer for the Kentucky Army National Guard and the 63rd Theater
Aviation Brigade. 
On
May 12, 2010, Fourteen U.S. service members have received Germany's Gold
Cross Medal for their bravery in extracting wounded German soldiers from a
firefight in northeast Afghanistan — the first time the award has been given
to troops from another nation.
On
9 June, 2010 CW5 (Ret) Robert L. Huffman and CW4 (Ret) Robert D. Scott
were inducted into the Eagle Rising Society. The Eagle Rising Society was
established in 2004 as a joint venture between the Military Officers
Association of America (MOAA) and the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career
College (WOCC) the Order of the Eagle Rising Society recognizes individuals
who have contributed significantly to the promotion of the Warrant Officer
Community in ways that stand out in the eyes of the recipient's seniors,
subordinates, and peers. These individuals must also demonstrate the highest
standards of integrity and moral character, display an outstanding degree of
professional competence, and serve the United States Army community with
distinction. Pictured are CW5 (Ret) Robert L. Huffman, Vice Admiral
Norbert R. Ryan, Jr. the President of MOAA) and CW4 (Ret) Robert D. Scott .
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In June 2010,
Two Army Warrant Officers were honored by the Adjutant Generals Corps
Regimental Association. Pictured left: Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Ret) Antonio B. Eclavea