Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
'WO Heritage Net''
Preserving Army Warrant Officer History
A Publicly Supported 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation
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All
donations at this time go towards building a Memorial to Fallen Warrant
Officers
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Purpose and Goals
The Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation is organized, administered, and operated exclusively to receive, administer and expend funds for among such other objectives and illustrative purposes only, and not by way of limitation, the following educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as it may be amended from time to time:
To instill in the public a sense of the history of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Corps
To assume responsibility and accountability for the Warrant Officer Museum Fund from the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA). (See also Origin and Status of Warrant Officer Museum Fund)
To assist in the development, creation and maintenance of items and material presenting the history and heritage of the Warrant Officer Corps. The Foundation will endeavor to arrange placement of these items and materials in the National Museum of the United States Army being planned for Fort Belvoir, VA;
To design, erect, and maintain a Memorial to Fallen Warrant Officers in the Memorial Garden planned for the National Museum of the United States Army.
To develop fund raising methodology to support the programs of the foundation; and,
To distribute funds raised in a manner that supports the goals of education of the general public on the history of the Warrant Officer Corps.
Produced and published Warrant Officer History Book covering the period July 1918 to September 2006.
All Directors, Officers, and Volunteers currently serve without compensation.
News
Foundation publishes a short Army Warrant Officer history
This
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation article commemorates the upcoming 90th
Birthday of the the Army Warrant Officer in July 2008. The article contains
historical highlights and facts from July 1918 to the present. View,
print, or download the
article
. The
article has been submitted
to several military-related periodicals to enlighten
their readers about the rich history of the Army Warrant Officer. Our
online detailed Warrant Officer history contains
pictures, links to historical documents, and statistics about Army Warrant
Officers. It has been updated with additional facts, events, pictures and
historical documents. It also contains links to topic-specific Warrant Officer
(WO) histories such as the Eagle Rising, WO Insignia, Branch specific WO,
Women WO, and much more. Go there now.
We welcome
additional historical material and pictures so please share the with us .
5/8/08
USAWOA Southeast Regional Meeting nets Donations
During
their Regional Meeting on April 19th two Chapters stepped forward with their
$250 donation to the Warrant Officers Heritage Found. These donations are to
meet the National Challenge issued by USAWOA at the 35th Annual Meeting of the
Members.
Pictured left (l-r) Above the Best Chapter President CW5 Ron Kaita presents a check to Region Director CW3 (Ret) Gene Perrino. Pictured right (l-r) Florida Sunshine Chapter President CW5 (Ret) Mac McInnis presents a check to Region Director CW3 (Ret) Gene Perrino.
5/6/08
IRS Rules that the Foundation is a Publicly Supported Charity
In April 2008 the Internal Revenue Service issued a letter classifying the
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation as a public charity. We received an
Advance Ruling in March 2004 treating the Foundation as a non-profit public
charity for the first five-years. With this final ruling all past and future
donations continue to be tax-deductible -
see IRS Letter
.
4/29/08
Flag Streamer presented to
the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association
Warrant
Officers Heritage Foundation Historian Emeritus CW4 (Ret) Don Hess
presented a "WO Heritage Supporter" flag streamer which was accepted by
CW4 (Ret) Roy Valiant, USAWOA National President on behalf of
the Association on April 18, 2008. The streamer was awarded to USAWOA
by the Foundation in recognition of the transfer of
Pictured (l to r), Roy Valiant accepts the "WO Heritage Supporter Flag Streamer from Don Hess during the USAWOA EXCOM Meeting on April 18th. (Picture by CW2 Natalia Veillard)
4/29/08
First Set of "WO Heritage Supporter" Flag Streamers Presented
Pictured above, left to right, are CW4 (Ret) Bill Buss, First State Chapter; CW4 Dan Singh, Aberdeen-Edgewood Silver Chapter; CW5 Vickie Vachon, Crater Chapter, accepting their "WO Heritage Foundation Supporter" Flag Streamers from CW4 (Ret) Roy Valiant, USAWOA National President . Roy presented the streamers on behalf of the Foundation to the individuals representing their Chapter during the Regional Meeting at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD on the April 12th.
4/15/08
Fallen Signal Corps Warrant Officer honored
A wing of Saltzman Hall at
the Signal Center and School at Fort Gordon, GA has been named in memory of
CW2 Alexander "Scott" Coulter on 9 November 2007. Scott is the only Signal warrant officer we
have lost to date in our current war. It was a fantastic ceremony. CW4 Kevin Hanner and the folks at the schoolhouse did a super job of getting the program
together and making it happen. It was initiated, planned and implemented by
warrant officers in memory of a fellow warrant officer -
see more
.
4/8/08
Warrant Officers at War on Warrant Officer Net
is an effort to preserve the
history of the US Army Warrant Officer Corps and to provide future warrant
officers an understanding of the actions necessary to participate and lead
Soldiers in war. We have initiated an effort to gather and publish the
stories of warrant officers who have served in this Global War on Terrorism
(GWOT). We need input from warrant officers from across the Army who have
served since 9-11 when the war was initiated. This effort is not limited to
those who have deployed to either Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation
Iraqi Freedom as we also need stories from the Homeland Defense mission and
all other theaters. While we expect the bulk of stories will come from both
OEF and OIF, please do not feel you have not contributed to our nation's
success if you have not served in one of these two theaters. We will be
submitting some of the stories some of the stories we have received and
encourage all members to consider submitting their noteworthy stories.
1st Quarter Donations Received
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A $500.00 donation has been made by CW4 Candis and SGM (Ret) Edmund Martin in memory their son 1LT Edward Martin who was killed in Iraq in October 2007. What a wonderful way to perpetuate the memory of a loved one. Candy is the USAWOA Mid-South Region Director and was General Chairperson of the 35th USAWOA Annual Meeting of the Members in San Antonio, TX in October 2007.
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A $100.00 donation was received from Johanna Altland, Grantham University. Grantham University is a Corporate member of USAWOA and also provides an annual Online Scholarship to USAWOA Members or family members.
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USAWOA Chapter Challenge Donations in the sum of $250.00 have been received from the Aberdeen Edgewood Silver, Bragg Silver, Fort McCoy, Lone Star Silver, and Northwest Chapters.
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Individual donations have been received from USAWOA Members Richard Markle, John Hardiman, Johnny Kelly, Charles R. Dowd, and Donald Woodruff.
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See article below for donations from the USAWOA European Region area.
USAWOA ER President accepts donation on behalf of the Foundation
Pictured is the presentation of a $250.00 donation by Mr. Joe Cieslewicz (left), the European Sales Manager for Stanley Vidmar, to European Region President, CW5 Tony Rotti (right) on behalf of the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation. Stanley Vidmar is a USAWOA Corporate Member. In addition to the donation from Mr. Cieslewicz, the European Region submitted a $350 donation to the Foundation. We greatly appreciate the support of Mr. Cieslewicz, Stanley Vidmar, CW5 Rotti, the European Region and it's Chapters in the Foundation's efforts to preserve the history of the Army Warrant Officer.
Recognition of Donations
The Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce that beginning in January 2008 to recognize the Members and Chapters who answer the challenges issued at USAWOA Annual Meetings over the last few years.
All donations at this time all go to fund a Memorial to Fallen Army Warrant Officers over the history of the U. S. Army. Our goal is to construct the memorial in the Memorial Garden at the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, VA.
Individuals who donate $100 or more over a 12-month period will receive a specially produced 2" round coin with original brass Eagle Rising in the center. The current WO rank insignia appears on the body of the Eagle. The circle on the front of the coin is inscribed "Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation" and the reverse is inscribed "Preserving Our Warrant Officer History." (See our logo at the top of this page)
Chapters who donate $250 or more over a 12-month period will receive a brown flag streamer with the inscription "WO Heritage Supporter" embroidered in gold.
Eligibility for recognition under the above program is retroactive to the establishment of the Foundation.
All donations, without regard to size, will be acknowledged in writing for tax deduction purposes.
See Donor List.
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