Posted on Apr 25, 2018
Do you need to have years of experience in a certain MOS to be a warrant officer for that branch?
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I'm gathering all forms of information to me so that I can grasp a true understanding of the warrant officer process. Here is my story:
I am a sergeant promotable with 9 years of Total Service. Six and a half years being active duty Infantry while two and a half years for the reserves as an engineer. My time has passed for me to be a Prime power specialist so I believe the next best thing for me to go back into the world of the engineers is to become a warrant officer (also for career advancement and the love of crafts along with being the man with technical expertise). Discovering new information led me to this question: Do I need to have more years of experience as an engineer or do my MOS qualifies me to be a warrant officer for the engineer branch?
Any information is greatly appreciate it; I would love to hear everyone's answers from a professional perspective and personal experiences.
I am a sergeant promotable with 9 years of Total Service. Six and a half years being active duty Infantry while two and a half years for the reserves as an engineer. My time has passed for me to be a Prime power specialist so I believe the next best thing for me to go back into the world of the engineers is to become a warrant officer (also for career advancement and the love of crafts along with being the man with technical expertise). Discovering new information led me to this question: Do I need to have more years of experience as an engineer or do my MOS qualifies me to be a warrant officer for the engineer branch?
Any information is greatly appreciate it; I would love to hear everyone's answers from a professional perspective and personal experiences.
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Yes you need supervisory experience for all technical Warrant MOS’s. Here’s my advice. Go Flight Warrant. If you have a 110 GT score take the flight test (AFAST) or whatever it’s called now and look into being an aviator. Pick up a study guide first though. Another option is transferring to 11C then after a few years experience put in for FA (Radar) Warrant. Or go SF then put in to be an SF Warrant. Lastly, you can reup to go back to engineer (Warrant feeder MOS) then put it in that way. If all that fails OCS will be happy to take you in with a 4 year degree. Good luck!
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I suppose a short answer would be yes. Another would be, it depends on the person and their service branch. I had thirtee years of service and 8 of them as an NCO. However, I was in the Air Force, and aplied for a Warrant appointment and transfer to the Army in 1969. The Army needed my skill set for Viet Nam,and the pld Army Security Agency, now INSCOM. I recieved my appointment in May 1970, and was in Viet Nam in June!
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From watching one of my ncos put in a warrant packet, you have to have 4 ncoers while as the now you're trying to become a warrant in due to an update on standards for them.
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