WARRANT OFFICERS
Highly Specialized, Highly Committed
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.
Warrant Officer Candidate School
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.
Flight Training
If you have dreamed of becoming an aviator, the Army can make it happen. Warrant Officers pilot UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook, OH-58 Kiowa Warrior and AH-64A Apache helicopters — some of the most exciting, technologically advanced aircraft anywhere — on combat, rescue and reconnaissance missions. You'll gain these piloting skills in the Warrant Officer Flight Training (WOFT) program.
After successfully completing nine weeks of Basic Combat Training (BCT), you will attend WOCS for six weeks and then go directly to the flight-training program.
You'll be well paid for your expertise, receiving flight pay in addition to regular pay, allowances and benefits. Plus, you'll get the strength, recognition and pride that come from being an Army Warrant Officer.
Technical Specialties
Upon enlistment and completion of military occupational specialty (MOS) training, interested applicants may compete for in-service Warrant Officer selection. There are 43 technical warrant officers specialties with 13 control branches that include Military Intelligence, Special Forces and Human Resources to name a few. You can find more information on technical Warrant Officer specialties by logging on to: www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant
Requirements
Do you have what it takes to become a Warrant Officer? Applicants for the Warrant Officer Candidate School/Warrant Officer Flight Training program/ Technical Specialties must:
- Have a high school diploma.
- Be at least 18 years old at the time of Enlistment and not passed 33rd birthday at the time of selection. Age waivers will be considered on a case by case basis.
- 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.
Additional Requirements For Technical Specialties
- Complete MOS training
- Rank is usually SPC/E-4 or higher
- Must be appointed prior to age 46
- Most specialties require completion of appropriate NCOES leadership Courses.
- Documented proficiency in specialty area
- Meet prerequisite standards for specialty area
