SPC John Rickel 579371 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A question I always wondered was as a Warrant officer did you mind being called Chief? During my service in ADA it was a smaller branch so you would see our Chiefs working frequently and would talk to them on a semi regular basis. I was always told that either calling them Chief or Sir/Ma&#39;am is acceptable. I called the ones that I worked with frequently Chief and when I was ever talking to one that I did not know I would call them Sir/Ma&#39;am. <br /><br />For you Chiefs out there did it ever bother you being called Chief, or do you prefer Sir/Ma&#39;am?<br /><br />Just to add an edit, I was just looking at another post and was reminded that they can be called Mr/Mrs also something I wouldn&#39;t find saying in a military environment. 2015-04-08T13:14:15-04:00 SPC John Rickel 579371

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A question I always wondered was as a Warrant officer did you mind being called Chief? During my service in ADA it was a smaller branch so you would see our Chiefs working frequently and would talk to them on a semi regular basis. I was always told that either calling them Chief or Sir/Ma&#39;am is acceptable. I called the ones that I worked with frequently Chief and when I was ever talking to one that I did not know I would call them Sir/Ma&#39;am. <br /><br />For you Chiefs out there did it ever bother you being called Chief, or do you prefer Sir/Ma&#39;am?<br /><br />Just to add an edit, I was just looking at another post and was reminded that they can be called Mr/Mrs also something I wouldn&#39;t find saying in a military environment.

2015-04-08T13:14:15-04:00 2015-04-08T13:14:15-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 580813

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I really wish someone with last name "Spock" would become a warrant officer so I can have fun calling him Mr. Spock. But that is another topic. <br /><br />I call my motor chief "chief". Others I run across on base, I call sir/ma'am. When I become one (hopefully end of FY15). I don't know what my own personal preference will be. I wonder if WOCs get guidance on this at school.

2015-04-08T23:23:39-04:00 2015-04-08T23:23:39-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 582330

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the Army, saying Sir / Ma'am to a Warrant Officer is the correct form of address. Using Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. is correct when talking about or referring to a Warrant Officer. In formal correspondence you would use Warrant Officer for WO1s or Chief Warrant Officer for CW2-CW5 always leaving out the number.<br /><br />Calling a Warrant Officer “Chief” is like calling the First Sergeant “Top”. It is just a slang term that gets used. The guidance from the Warrant Officer Career College for WOCs is that “Chief” is not a proper title, and is not to be used. Everyone there is called Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. <br /><br />Having said all that, I have never had a problem being called “Chief”. Most tech warrants don’t have a problem with it. Many flight warrants do have a problem with it, and do not like being called “Chief”.<br /><br />I would recommend that if you don’t know the Warrant, call him / her Mr. / Mrs. Ms. or Sir / Ma’am. That will keep you out of trouble.

2015-04-09T16:37:28-04:00 2015-04-09T16:37:28-04:00 Lt Col Jim Coe 582535

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Chief means different ranks in other services: in USAF a Chief is an E9; Navy, an E7 (E8 is Senior Chief, E9 is Master Chief and you best not forget and call them Chief).<br /><br />AF doesn't have WOs. How does the Navy address their senior Warrants?

2015-04-09T18:52:25-04:00 2015-04-09T18:52:25-04:00 2015-04-08T13:14:15-04:00