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Army Warrant Officers are technical and tactical experts in their respective fields. With the downsizing of our forces WOs are being required to work outside of the norm. IE: Battalion primary staffs (S-4, S-1, etc). Thoughts?<br>
Downsizing
Warrant Officers
Army
Posted 11 y ago
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We are the best kept secret in the Army. We are hiring. http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant/ <br><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.usarec.army.mil/index_Picture1.gif"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant/">U.S. Army Recruiting Command's Warrant Officer Recruiting Information Site</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description"></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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CW3 David Covey
As it should be..lol
And yes, it's the best kept secret in the Army.. It was the best decision of my carreer.
And yes, it's the best kept secret in the Army.. It was the best decision of my carreer.
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<p>I've always wondered why Doctors and Nurses aren't WOs. The only thing I could figure is that WOs don't get paid enough.</p><p><br></p>
SPC Leisel Luman
I don't have the stats but I think it takes longer to get to CW4 than Major. Army CW5 is a rare animal. That's where the pay discrepancy and where you top out at retirement comes into play. This is only my observation from Fort Rucker. I am by no means a subject matter expert. I say this with much respect. Down size somewhere else in my humble opinion.
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CW4 Keith Dolliver
SSG William Kesler A little history: Once upon a time Physician's Assistants used to all be enlisted, then the Army started making PAs Warrant Officers. There was a bit of backlash in the Air Force because their PAs were still enlisted and thus weren't entitled to the pay or benefits of officers and the Air Force, of course, didn't have Warrant Officers, so they responded by making their PAs regular commissioned officers. This didn't really sit too well in the Army because now Army PAs suffered from the same credibility gap that had earlier plagued the Air Force PAs and finally in the early 90s the Army came on board with all the other services by making our PAs regular commissioned officers as well.
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I *am* the "S-6" of my unit, as I'm the OIC of the IT Section.... but we're a very strange animal. Finance doctrine is, in my not so humble Signal opinion, screwed up. I work for a Financial Management Center, which is a separate unit...except we're considered a directorate of the ESC while in garrison, and of the TSC while in theater. Our commander isn't really a commander, so awards and promotions and other stuff have to go up to higher hqs... and we're NOT co-located.<br><br>I think it's a load of crap. Either we're a separate unit, or we're not. Either our CO should be a commander, or make us a section of the ESC or TSC, falling under the HHC, and COLOCATED. This in between crap causes more problems than it solves.<br><br>And dammit, give me a Signal 1LT to be in charge of the section so I can concentrate on the Finance-specific Signal tasks we need to accomplish....
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CW3 (Join to see)
Thank you, Brother... I have now since escaped from that unit and am sitting in the S-3 of a Signal unit out at Chambersburg PA, doing my best to impress my commander until a slot opens in a new det coming in at Fort Meade.
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SPC Leisel Luman
You expressed my point exactly. Sorry you got stuck in that environment. I hope you escape soon.
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CW3 (Join to see)
I did. I'm out of the frying pan and into the fire. Now I'm being completely misutilized, and my subject matter expertise is being ignored. As soon as I can verify by regulatory guidance that I'm not going to screw up my promotion by taking a CW2 slot, I'm so out of there.
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