I'm stuck between choosing Green-to-Gold and Warrant Officer School. Do you have any advice on which I should choose?

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:22:50 -0400

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 9:24 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:24:05 -0400

Well. What do you want to do with your life. I had to pick between SF or green to gold.

Response by SGT Joseph Gunderson made Mar 24 at 2018 9:31 PM

SGT Joseph Gunderson — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:31:03 -0400

Go Warrant. Going green-to-gold will send you on the path to the dark side!

Response by LTC John Mohor made Mar 24 at 2018 9:41 PM

LTC John Mohor — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:41:01 -0400

If I could have a do ove I'd probably try for Warrant. You get to stay down at company level longer!

Response by LT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 10:06 PM

LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 22:06:54 -0400

Completely depends on what you want to do. There are ups and downs to both options.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 11:17 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:17:13 -0400

When I was younger, I was given this but of advice
Stay NCO if you want to directly impact and take care of Soldiers
Go Warrant if you want to focus solely on your job as a technician, yes there is leadership there, but only when it comes to improving the Soldiers in their profession.
Go Officer if you want to have a broad impact on a mission.
The officer is the one who declares the mission and the path to proceed to accomplish it.
The warrant ensures the job is done technically correct
The NCO ensures that the Soldiers are trained and for to accomplish the mission in all aspects of their life, and are responsible for ensuring their Soldiers advance in their career.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 11:34 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:34:46 -0400

Going ROTC to commission was the right choice for me but there are no wrong answers here, just different ones.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Mar 25 at 2018 4:36 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:36:21 -0400

I'm just curious...did you want the MOS you have now, or would you change to another field? Also, I'm assuming youre bachelors level, or close, what associates, what bachelors, any grad school get? It'd help if you could elaborate somewhat in your international sts, a!bitoons, and/or motivations, as well...if you went WOCS, would you go flight at all? Would you want Amy other svcs at all, also? If so, which? What majors are any assoc, bach, or grad level work in? What specific technical courses have you done. Would you want STEM or cyber? Those were just some thoughts crossing !y mind as I'd read what you asked, I'd ne most eager to hear more, many thanks.

Response by SGT Aric Lier made Mar 25 at 2018 10:09 AM

SGT Aric Lier — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:09:04 -0400

I would say talk to a warrant and get their opinion, if their was ever one around..... Id go warrant

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2018 1:32 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:32:09 -0400

Fly Warrant

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Mar 25 at 2018 5:45 PM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:45:32 -0400

Go officer. Higher pay = better retirement. If you want to fly, then Army aviation warrant.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 26 at 2018 11:53 AM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:53:15 -0400

Everyone has been giving you really good advice but as a Warrant Officer I should tell you that there are no shortcuts to becoming a logistics (92 Series ) Warrant Officer. It takes five to six years of work experience as a NCO for you to be technically qualified. The majority of the "Tech" Warrant Officers were senior SSGs or SFCs. If you do not have to patience for that journey then you should look in to Green to Gold.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 22 at 2018 12:05 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:05:09 -0400

The process to become a Warrant Officer is highly selective. I think you will be very proude if you make the decision to join us and are selected.

Response by SPC(P) Samuel T. made Apr 28 at 2018 2:57 AM

SPC(P) Samuel T. — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 02:57:10 -0400

This beautiful unicorn once told me to go Warrant & Then go Gold if you don't like it.

Response by SPC(P) Samuel T. made Apr 28 at 2018 3:14 AM

SPC(P) Samuel T. — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 03:14:56 -0400

All of the responses are awesome... however you said you didn't want to stay in your MOS. One of the Prerequisites for most WOC positions is 36 Months as an E-5 in the Mos that feeds that WOC slot. That being said you'd add at least another 3+ years depending on the AIT of the chosen MOS. Couple this with the fact you must have 3 evals. This timeline adds an additional 4 years. Time is precious to me. Ill end with the huge pay gap, because as a 01-E you get credit for up to 6 years TIS toward pay walking you in the door at $85,795.57 at today's rate if you took the year to become an officer. If you did the years to become warrant after reclass (Which I accounted for), you'd be at 83,085.45 these numbers are using the Eustis zip code Married Filing Separate. Crunch the numbers for yourself and see. Keep in mind in that same timeline you could be a Captain or 03-E based off avg progression statistics...Clearing 6 figures and not have to do even more time for the retirement percentage adjustments because of the years it took to get Warrant. This made my decision final on OCS. Hope it helps with your planning.
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