Can a Warrant Officer transition between components seamlessly?

2021-04-05T14:49:01-04:00

Can a Warrant Officer transition between components seamlessly? Is it even a thing? Has anyone here on RallyPoint done it?

Navy -> Army
Army -> Navy
Any -> Marine Corps

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 5 at 2021 2:51 PM

2021-04-05T14:51:03-04:00

No. You will need a conditional release from the respective branch and be accepted into in the same rank/MOS

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Apr 5 at 2021 6:03 PM

2021-04-05T18:03:05-04:00

Warrants are not all equal between services.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 5 at 2021 7:05 PM

2021-04-05T19:05:12-04:00

One that i have seen was a marine enlisted who transition to army wo. He said it was a process but its possible.

Response by Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis made Apr 5 at 2021 7:38 PM

2021-04-05T19:38:59-04:00

Probably not seamlessly. The question will be "what does the service, into which I want to go, need?" Then the offer will be something like "I am a WO [X], what would you like to do with that?"

One last thing to know: The Air Force (and the Space Force) does Not have any WO's. My career goes back far enough, I had the privilege of meeting one of the last AF WO's (at Edwards AFB).

Response by SSgt Christophe Murphy made Apr 6 at 2021 12:15 PM

2021-04-06T12:15:47-04:00

The Marine Corps has very specific criteria for Warrant Officers. You wouldn't be able to cross over from another branch and pick up in the Marine Corps as a CWO-3. Marine Warrant Officers operate as subject matter experts with TIS/TIG requirements just to apply. I believe the Navy is similar but somebody from that arena will need to verify to be sure.

Response by PO2 Gunner Cee made Apr 6 at 2021 3:40 PM

2021-04-06T15:40:36-04:00

Yes, Mr. Velado it is possible in certain circumstances (Reserve Component or Active Component) I have done it. I had transferred from the Navy Reserve to the ARNG as Enlisted. Picked up Warrant and after 10yrs in the Guard transferred back to the Navy Reserve as a Warrant Officer. Please review the specific services Inter-Service Transfer (IST) policies. Also identify the MOS / Designator manning levels. You can usually get this information from the community manager of the desired MOS / Designator. If you have any other questions I can reached at: [login to see]

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Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Apr 6 at 2021 5:39 PM

2021-04-06T17:39:03-04:00

That would depend on several things: the others services needs, requirements of the career field, service requirements (The Navy WO's start off as W-2's as they can't apply until they are E-7's).

Response by CW3 Art Farash made Apr 23 at 2021 12:05 AM

2021-04-23T00:05:10-04:00

I knew several who were NCOs from other services before becoming Warrant Officers. At least 2 former Marines.

Response by CW2 Frank Trinkle made May 6 at 2021 3:13 PM

2021-05-06T15:13:23-04:00

My roommate in WOC flight school tranferred to the Coast Guard after he was a CW2. Ended up retiring after flying Coast Guard Rescue as an O-5. The one major snag for those wanting to transfer is that there are no flying warrants in the other services and Commissioning requires a Bachelor's Degree, whereas the Army only requires a HS dipoma for Warrants. (Though further education is required for promotions beyond W-2.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2021 10:39 PM

2021-05-22T22:39:05-04:00

Yes... It can be done. I went from USAF enlisted to USA Warrant/Pilot and previously my Father went from USA enlisted to USAF Officer/Pilot! Everyone ... and I mean everyone told us both It'll never happen. They were WRONG!

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 12 at 2021 9:08 PM

2021-09-12T21:08:39-04:00

It is rare since every component doesn't have warrant officers and the ones that do have their own schools but it can be done.