Warrant Officer

My entire life I have always strived to be a leader. This is one of the reasons why I am attending the Special Forces Warrant Officer Course. Examples of leadership positions can be found in all career fields. However, I believe the most demanding and rewarding leadership position is found in the military officer; and more specific, the Special Forces Warrant Officer. Ever since I was a young child I have wanted the responsibility and challenges of being a leader. Whether it was on a sports

1. Current Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) eligibility requirements allow E-6 applicants to compete for CWO. The eligibility requirements not only allow for the eligibility of an E-6, but loose standards for E-7, E-8, and E-9 exist as well. This allows for a nonstandard means of leadership opportunities and unequal qualification standards. Therefore, CWO requirements need to be changed. 2. IAW ref (a), E-6 applicants that placed in the top 50% of their perspective E-7 Service Wide Exam (SWE) and have

goals. As a “street to seat” guy I do not have prior leadership experience as an NCO, but as I have progressed as a Warrant Officer I have learned a great deal about leadership. For this discussion post I will discuss two topics: what I’ve learned about being a leader as a Warrant Officer, and how decentralized leadership is utilized in my unit. We as Warrant Officers have acquired both positive and negative generalizations such as being laid back, but also lazy. Our roles as leaders

My decision to become a Special Forces Warrant Officer was one that took much time and thought to make. The first thing I needed to do was determine the differences in the roles and responsibilities between a Special Forces Warrant Officer, and a Special Forces Operations Sergeant. Next, I had to think about how my training and experiences would assist me based on the path I chose. Finally, I had to decide which position would give me more personal satisfaction, and which I would be more likely

Chief Warrant Officer Three Teddy Vanzant is an extraordinary instructor whose technical abilities and extensive combat systems experience make him uniquely suited to train United States Army, Ordnance Warrant Officers. Teddy has spent the last 13 months completely redesigning the Programs of Instruction for the M1A2SEPv2, Abrams Main Battle Tank and the M3, Bradley Fighting Vehicle. He provided sound guidance and assistance to the CASCOM, Training Development during the validation of not only these

Senior Warrant Officer in the United States Army as it relates to the study of Military History. From the strategic level of thinking that is being explored and developed through these courses, we must be able to speak on a different level. The ability to apply a historical reference to a conversation is very important in the complex environment we operate in today. Furthermore, beyond a simple conversation, knowledge of history can be applied in daily activities. As a Senior Warrant Officer we will

selection under the Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) program. Chief Petty Officer CuretSanchez is fully qualified in all aspects for a commission in the Aviation Maintenance (733X) CWO program. He meets the physical fitness standards of OPNAVINST 6110.1J, is worldwide assignable, and fully qualified for a commission. All required documents have been checked for completeness and accuracy and are attached as enclosures. Chief Petty Officer CuretSanchez has been recommended for officer programs since he was

As a Field Grade Warrant Officer, I feel you should be very familiar with your organizational communication processes. You have to know you direct bosses left and right limits. If you learn this lesson early, it will keep you out of trouble and you will be more successful in your career. I had to learn this lesson the hard way as a new maintenance test pilot at my unit. We were a Kiowa Warrior unit and had a problem with the IVHUMS on one of our aircraft. After two days of our guys looking in the

the assignment process, each member is often viewed “as an IS is an IS is an IS” and the same is probably true for the IT rate where they can be assigned to any open billet on the shopping list depending on the service need and in the Assignment Officers (AO) judgment for career development/progression. For members who wish to remain in one of these career fields/specialties, we as a service are potentially losing out on highly qualified personnel when they move on to a different type of IS or IT

That’s when they decided it was time to make a change. According to Chief Warrant Officer 5, Jennifer Redfern, “I think that the Women’s Army Corps allowed us to slowly demonstrate our abilities… to serve in the armed forces and services as equals” (Collins, 4). Although the women could only serve as female components, they still