ARMY WARRANT OFFICER HISTORY "The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer" Part V - Addendum | Summary | Additional Resources | Related Web Sites | Credits | | Warrant Officer Programs of Other Services|
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Army Warrant Officers are soldiers, technical experts, officers & leaders that manage and maintain increasingly complex battlefield systems. Warrant Officers enhance the Army's ability to defend our national interests, and to fight and win our nation's wars.
Candidates who successfully complete Army Warrant Officer Candidate School are appointed in the grade of Warrant Officer One (WO1). When advanced to Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2), Warrant Officers are commissioned by the President and have the same legal status as their traditional commissioned officer counterparts. However, Warrant Officers remain single-specialty officers whose career track is oriented towards progressing within their career field rather than focusing on increased levels of command and staff duty positions.
There are five grades within the Army Warrant Officer Corps. A person is initially appointed as a Warrant Officer (WO1), and progress to Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2) after 2 years. Competitive promotion to Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3), Chief Warrant Officer Four (CW4), and Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5) occur at approximately six year intervals for Aviation Warrant Officers and five year intervals for those in technical specialties.
Today Army Warrant Officers serve in some 70 Military Occupational Specialties in the following Army Officer Branch designations:
Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) general information with duty descriptions, prerequisites, & preferred qualifications can be found on the U. S. Army Recruiting Command web site at www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant/WOgeninfo_mos.html.
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Credits
This history was initially written by then Warrant Officer 1 Syverston, USA, whose primary resource was a student handout from the United States Army Warrant Officer Career College. The history was edited and put into HTML by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Callahan, USA, Webmaster at the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center and School. The history has been further edited, expanded is currently maintained by Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Retired) Dave Welsh, Webmaster & Past National President of USAWOA (1988-1992) and currently President, Board Member and Founder of the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation.
Information on the Warrant Officer programs of the other services was derived from the Defense Department Report to Congress on the Warrant Officer Management Act, dated 30 November 1989. CW5 Welsh was a member of the DoD Study Group.
We also gratefully acknowledge the contributions to this history by CW4 Don Hess, USA Ret; CW4 Lon Flurer, USA Ret; CW4 Jerry McRee, USA Ret; CW5 Don Howerton, USA Ret; Mr. Dave Johnson, Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe VA; CW5 Ray Bell, USA Ret; CW5 Don Woodruff, USA Ret; CW3 Melanie Ladra, USA; CWO3 James R. Smith, USMC; CW4 Farrell Chiles, USAR; CW4 Pat Hudson, ARNG; CW5 Gary Nisker, ARNGUS; CW2 Paul J. Carilli, ARNG; CW4 Kenneth 'Pete" Hill, USA Ret; CW5 Bob Huffman, USA Ret; CW5 (Ret) Jerry DiIllard, USA Ret; CW5 Matt Wojdak; CW5 Mike Adair, USA Ret; Ramon Jackson, Patriot Net; CW4 (Ret) Bob Scott and numerous others.
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| Army Warrant Officer Definitions Over the Years | | Code of the Army Warrant Officer | Code of Uniformed Services Warrant Officers | | Foundation Documents | Foundations, Heritage, History & Military Museum Links | | History of Army Warrant Officers | History of Aviation Warrant Officers | | History of Black Warrant Officers | History of JAG Warrant Officers | | History of Special Forces Warrant Officers | History of Women Warrant Officers ] | History of Warrant Officer Insignia | History of Army CW5 Insignia | | In Memoriam to Fallen Warrant Officers from 9/11/2001 to Present | | Links of Interest to Warrant Officers | Origin of Eagle Rising Insignia | | Origin and Current Status of the Warrant Officer Museum Fund | | Warrant Officer Memorabilia | Warrant Officer Branch Insignia & Colors || Warrant Officer & Graphics Downloads | Warrant Officer Programs of Other Services |
Related Web Sites | Army Heritage & Education Center | Army Historical Foundation | Army Lessons in Leadership | | Army Museum Web Sites | Center for Army Leadership | CWO & WO Association U.S.C.G. | | National Museum of the United States Army | The Institute of Heraldry U. S. Army | | U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association | USAWOA History | USAWOA Scholarship Foundation | | U. S. Army Warrant Officer Career College | Warrant Officer Heritage Net | Warrant Officer Net |
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