Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
Preserving Army Warrant Officer
History
A Publicly Supported
501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation
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Make a Donation
to the Foundation by Credit Card or Check
All
donations at this time go toward a Memorial to our Fallen Warrant
Officer Comrades.
Purpose and Goals
The Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation is organized, administered, and operated exclusively to receive, administer and expend funds
as a public charity for among such other objectives and illustrative purposes only, and not by way of limitation, the following purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as it may be amended from time to time:
Educate
our fellow military and the general public about the rich history of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Corps;
Assume responsibility and accountability for the Warrant Officer Museum Fund from the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA) (See the Origin and Status of Warrant Officer Museum Fund);
Assist in the development, creation and maintenance of items and material presenting the history and heritage of the Warrant Officer Corps.
We will endeavor to arrange placement of selected items and materials in the National Museum of the United States Army being planned for Fort Belvoir, VA;
We will endeavor to design,
fund, and maintain a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades
at the planned the National Museum of the United States Army;
Develop fund raising methodology to support the programs of the foundation;
Distribute funds raised in a manner that supports the goals of education of the general public on the history of the Warrant Officer Corps;
and
Produce and publish a Warrant Officer
History Book covering the period July 1918 to September 2006, the royalties
of which will support our other projects -
see more.
News
Army Negotiates Museum Design Contract,
Selects Builder for Support Center -
see more
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MILITARY
HISTORY - a new feature of WO
Heritage Net courtesy of the
VetJobs.com Veterans Eagle Monthly Newsletter. September is now
posted and additional
months will be added as published. 9/23/08
warrant officer history in the
making - On
August 28, 2008, five chief warrant officers were the
first to enter the
Intermediate Level Education program at the Command and
General Staff College (C&GSC), Fort Leavenworth, KS. It is a pilot program
to offer a broadening experience to a different category of Army leaders
that normally wouldn't have that opportunity. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Percy
Alexander (Quartermaster), Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tim Feathers (Aviation),
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard Myers (Ordnance), Chief Warrant Officer 4
Nathaniel Jones (Air Defense), and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Russell
(Ordnance) are the first warrant officers admitted to the C&GSC.
(Pictured right: C&GSC
Commandant Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV talks with CW3 Robert Russell,
CW4 Percy Alexander, CW4 Richard Myers, CW4 Timothy Feathers and CW4
Nathaniel Jones about their participation in CGSC Aug. 27 in the Lewis and
Clark Center's main conference room. The Soldiers are the first warrant
officers to attend CGSC. Lamp photo by Prudence Siebert.)
(See article published in
The Fort Leavenworth LAMP.)
Army Aviation Centennial, What is it? Merely 100 years ago, Orville
Wright flew the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Va. Orville’s test flight
eventually lead to the Army’s purchase of the first “aeroplane” in 1909 and
established a flight school at College Park, Md. This celebration is
designed to highlight the efforts of the U.S. military that led to the
purchase of the Army’s first plane and subsequent events that created the
establishment of Military Aviation. The commemoration is an Army-led,
military-wide, family-friendly celebration with the Fort Myer military
community hosting the capstone event because of its place in history as the
home of the first military flight. The Fort Myer event will consist of
demonstrations, exhibits, static displays, bands, marching units and
flyovers.
With some 35%
(almost 8,000) of the Warrant Officer Corps consisting of Aviation Warrant
Officers this is a significant commemoration in the Corps History -
see more.
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Recognition of Donations
The Warrant Officers Heritage
Foundation began 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 go to fund a "Memorial to our Fallen Army Warrant
Officer Comrades." The goal is to place the
memorial at the planned National Museum of the U.S. Army at
Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
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 Warrant Officer 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). USAWOA 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 updated as of
8/21/08.
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The Foundation's Office of Record is located at:
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation,
462 Herndon Pkwy, Suite 207, c/o USAWOA,
Herndon, Virginia 20170-5235,
Phone 757-999-2022,
All Directors, Officers, Staff, and
Volunteers serve without compensation
All Donations, Grants, and Bequests to the Foundation are Tax Deductible.
Make a Donation
to the Foundation by Credit Card or Check
All
donations at this time go toward a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant
Officer Comrades.
See Foundation Documentation
Listed on
GuideStar.org,
keyword "warrant" in the Search block.
(Many
files throughout this site are a
PDF files. A
free reader is available for download.)
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We are extremely grateful to our website sponsors
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
and
the
U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association
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