Posted on Apr 19, 2016

What is the proper way to address a Warrant Officer Candidate?

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CW3 Dylan E. Raymond, PHR

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He/she are to be addressed as candidate. They are no longer enlisted and not a qualified officer yet that is why they wear WOC Then once they complete WOC then they can be addressed as mr....ms....

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I think we should call them 'wocs'.
"hey, woc over here", "woc this way", and the ever popular "woc, with me"

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I've applied twice. Both times my proponent disqualified me based on technical issues. For example, the support Bn I was in did not have a company in its structure. I had a Major XO, and LTC CO. The XO did the "company" LOR. The packet was DQ'd for not having a company level recommendation

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CW2 Max Dolan

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Oh, I like the WOC thing! I was never a candidate. It was a direct appointment. One day it was "Staff Sergeant" and the next day it was "WHOOO!" Awhile later it was "Chief," and I still like that title.

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I did not know the used to do direct appointment

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CW2 Max Dolan

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Yep, it happened sometimes. I was a Staff Sergeant on the E7 list at the time. I just completed a Bachelor's Degree in my field, and applied for the warrant. It took about a year to go through. My first assignment was a Detachment Commander position in Germany. Great fun!

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