Critical Need For Warrant Officers

The last board for Fiscal Year 2006 is September 6, 2006. There is a critical need for many Warrant Officer MOSs. Click Here to see a list of the critically needed MOSs. Warrant Officers are technical and tactical leaders who specialize, throughout an entire career, in a specific technical area. The Army Warrant Officer Corps comprises less than three percent of the total Army. Although small in size, the level of responsibility is immense and only the very best will be selected to become Warrant Officers. Benefits include extended career opportunities, worldwide leadership assignments, and increased pay and retirement benefits.

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 whose career track is oriented toward progressing within their career field rather than focusing on increased levels of command and staff duty positions, like their Commissioned-Officer counterparts.

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 For those who have dreamed of becoming an aviator, the Army can make it a reality. 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. Soldiers gain these piloting skills in the Warrant Officer Flight Training (WOFT) program. After entering the Army, you will attend nine weeks of Basic Combat Training (BCT). After successfully completing 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 normal pay, allowances and benefits. Plus you’ll get the recognition and pride that come from being an Army Warrant Officer.

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

1. Have a high school diploma.
2. 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.
3. Be a citizen of the United States.
4. 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.
5. Earn a minimum of 110 General Technical (GT) score on the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) (non-waivable as well). The GT score is one component of the ASVAB results.
6. Meet the Active Duty Army's screening height and weight standards.
7. 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.

The last board for Fiscal Year 06 is this coming September 06, and the following Warrant Officer MOSs are in critical need for this board.

1. 215D Geospatial Information Technician = 21U and 21S
2. 311A CID Special Agent = 31D
3. 350Z Attaché Technician = All MOSs with ASI 7
4. 351L Counterintelligence Technician = 97B
5. 351M Human Intelligence Collection Technician = 97E
6. 352P Voice Intercept Technician (Korean) = 98G
7. 352S Non Morse Intercept Technician = 98K
8. 880A Marine Deck Officer = 88K
9. 890A Ammunition Technician = 89B and 89D
10. 913A Armament Repair Technician = 45B, 45G, and 45K
11. 914A Allied Trades Technician = 44B and 44E 12.   921A Airdrop Systems Technician = 92R
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The Warrant Officer Career Center is giving credit for  BNCOC, ANCOC and PLDC/WLC graduates towards WOCS, instead of 6 weeks and 4 days, your class will be 4 weeks and 4 days as of 1 Jan 06. 

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