What does a Warrant Officer do?

Answer 1

It's a rank. Below commissioned ranks (ie, Ensign, Lieutenant) and the top of the enlisted ranks (in the Commonwealth system).

It was originally created in the Royal Navy - at the time, people were being commissioned as officers because they literally bought their rank with money or were nobility. These officers naturally knew jack about commanding ships, and a special new officer class was created from enlisted sailors to do all the hard thinking - hence the Warrant Officer.

In the Commonwealth military forces, it's a rank that can take at least a decade to attain, and Warrant Officers usually hold some sort of position, often advisory to commissioned officers - Battery Sergeant Major, Instructor of Gunnery, Regimental Sergeant Major, etc.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

In the U.S. Navy, it depends on what their rating was when they were enlisted. For example if they were a Boatswain's Mate while enlisted they would be a Boatswain as a Warrant Officer, and would serve as the Ship's Boatswain when stationed aboard ship. In general, they would serve as Division Officers at sea, and have varying Officer positions on shore.

Answer 4

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 with career tracks that progress within their field, unlike their Commissioned Officer counterparts who focus on increased levels of command and staff duty positions.

Individuals who are accepted for Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) will first attend the nine-week Basic Combat Training (BCT) course as an Enlisted Soldier. Following completion of BCT, they will attend WOCS.

Those who currently serve in the military and maintain a superior level of technical/tactical expertise are also encouraged to learn more by contacting the Warrant Officer Recruiting Team.

Do you have what it takes to become a Warrant Officer? Applicants for the Warrant Officer Candidate School/Warrant Officer Flight Training program must:

Have a high school diploma.
Be at least 18 years of age at the time of Regular Army enlistment and not have passed your 33rd birthday when the board convenes. High school seniors may also apply. If you are 33 — 34 years of age, you may request a waiver.
Be a citizen of the United States.
Score 90 or higher on the revised Flight Aptitude Selection Test (FAST). FAST test results are valid indefinitely as long as verifiable official records exist. No waivers are available for failure to meet the minimum FAST score.
Earn a minimum of 110 General Technical (GT) score on the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) (nonwaivable as well). The GT score is one component of the ASVAB results.
Meet the Active Duty Army's screening height and weight standards.
Take a complete physical exam at a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) and meet entry medical fitness standards as determined by military medical authorities no more than eighteen months prior to the date of application. Must also undergo a Class 1A Flight Physical Examination in addition to the one conducted at the MEPS and have results approved by Flight Surgeons at Fort Rucker, Alabama, prior to the selection board. The Flight Physical must also be less than 18 months old.

SSG Schrammm
US Army 15 years
OIF 2003
US Army Recruiter 3 years running

Answer 5

Depends; an army WO can be, among other things, an helicopter pilot. This special grade (the equivalent to a Lieutenant) means that he has special privileges: indeed, when he's flying his chopper, nobody can give him orders (not even a General) when it has to do with FLYING. Back on the ground he gets back to be a regular and relatively low grade officer.