what is a warrant officer and at what capacity he/she holds as an officer?

Question

are they given command positions?

Answer 1

Please visit GoArmy.com or talk to a recruiter all your going to get on here is gibberish!

Answer 2

A warrant officer holds a warrant, actually a nice document, appointing him to a grade within the range of grades that the military he serves with, three grades or four, has. The warrants are issued to enlisted personnel or NCO's who have an ability or skill deemed to be needed by the military force and requiring certain rank privileges. If an officere is to be removed from the service due to failure to be raised in grade as per regs but they have something the service needs they may recieve a warrant. They usually correspond with 2nd Lieutenant to Major. They are accorded the privileges of that rank but can never hold a command position because command is the prerogative of Commissioned Officers. For instance NCO's don't give orders from their rank but give orders under the authority of Commissioned Officers. Woe to those who fail to obey a NCO's command.The indication of the Warrant Officers different status is unique rank insignia. The skills I have seen merit warrants have been paymaster accounting, warehouseman/POL, which is a lot more than it seems, vehicle and weapon maintenence, and I am not talking about cleaning a a C1. They are needed and respected by those who know.

Answer 3

A Warrant Officer is a specialist in his field. IN MOST cases, this is a prior service enlisted person. In order to go to Warrant Officer Candidate School, an individual MUST have a certain amount of college. Experience alone does not cut it. The enlisted person must also be in a "feeder" MOS, ie, to be CID you must have been a MP. This is not always the case. Pilots, for example, don't have a "feeder" MOS.

There is a way to go WOCS directly from civilian life, but you will have to have a degree, and there are nuances that I am not aware of. Your recruiter will have further information on this.

The WO is the best of both worlds. He/she is not enlisted, but he/she is also not an officer. They are the specialists in their field.

If by "command", you mean be in charge of a company/battalion/brigade, then the answer is "NO". Unless, of course, he is the senior officer in charge. Even then, he will be replaced by a "real" officer.

Answer 4

They have command positions in certain specialties. The commanders of all Army boats are Warrant Fives.

Oh yea The head of Criminal Investigation Division Detachments are Warrant Officers.

Answer 5

The rank of warrant officer is the best of both worlds. You outrank any enlisted man, yet you are not an official officer, but enlisted personnel has to salute you. They make more than the enlisted people. Warrant officers are ususally specialist in the firld. For example, helicopter pilots, and criminal investigators.

Answer 6

a warrant officer is a once enlisted soldier. the difference between a warrant officer and a commisioned officer is that a commissioned officer must have college, a warrant officer does not have to, they just must have military experience. they get paid less than commissioned officers and are usually not in a command position. usually they work for themselves pretty much. they are saluted as an officer and usually called "chief"

Answer 7

Warrant Officers are highly specialized experts and trainers in their career fields. By gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership, these leaders provide valuable guidance to commanders and organizations in their specialty. Warrant Officers remain single-specialty Officers whose career track is oriented toward progressing within their career field rather than focusing on increased levels of command and staff duty positions, like their Commissioned-Officer counterparts.

Answer 8

In vietnam there were not enough soldiers with college diplomas to fly the helicopters. Regulations say you have to be a officer to fly.
So the Army invented the rank of warrant officer.
There was WO1, WO2, WO3

they were mostly helo pilots.
But the rank still exists today.
A lot of enlisted people use it as a stepping stone to officer status.

Answer 9

They are given commands of Helicopters if they are pilots

Answer 10

arrest and jail