Posted on Oct 27, 2013
Should the Air Force bring back Warrant Officers?
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First some background, the U.S. Air Force stopped producing Warrant Officers approximately four decades ago; in light of upcoming force structure changes, do you think that it is realistic to them back? If so, what are some of the associated pros and cons to consider? Has the Air Force suffered, is it better off... or does it even matter? The idea here is to begin an inter-service discussion on the merits of Warrant Officers in the AF, and in light of reducing budgets and change throughout the ranks, do we need to consider bringing them back? There's no right or wrong answers here, just an informed discussion on possibilities and precedents. I look forward to hearing your thoughts, so pull up a keyboard and let's get this thing started, thanks for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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No, there's no need. If you feel like you're lacking technical expertise, then you need to revamp your NCOES and expect more of your Non Commissioned Officers.
Your NCO's are already supposed to be subject matter experts. If you feel like they aren't fitting the bill, then you need to fix what you have, not make up new positions. I think it's generally a better investment to fix what you have...
Your NCO's are already supposed to be subject matter experts. If you feel like they aren't fitting the bill, then you need to fix what you have, not make up new positions. I think it's generally a better investment to fix what you have...
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From 1971-1973, the Safety Officer at our facility was a CWO-4. When he spoke, everybody listened. His predecessor had been a Major and there was no change in operations when the Major was replaced by a CWO-4.
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The three senior Air Force NCO ranks do the jobs that warrants do in the sister services but without the pay and prestige. Other than pay and prestige, there is no compelling reason to reinstate Air Force WOs.
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My opinion is the Air Force should utilize a very capable enlisted force to fill in the areas that traditionally could have been filled by an officer. We have an enlisted force that is even more educated in certain circumstances now a days then even some of those in our officer corps. I believe we should stop selling ourselves short. If this requires bridging pay gaps and adjusting the amount of decision authority to make this happen without abrogating the current command structure, then so be it. Im not advocating do more with less. I am advocating put more trust and faith in what we have. If anything was brought back, it wouldn't be warrant officer. It would be returning buck sergeant back to the structure and making the rank structure function the way it should.
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Officers need to rely on NCO's not more Officers. NCO's are the connection between Officers and enlisted. NCO's need to be where Officers look to when they want to get a job done. In short if your an Officer and you feel overworked you are not relying on your NCO'S
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The WO position would be good for A Food Service Officer slot or Services Section leader slot: Billeting , Special Svcs(MWR) Relegating WOs to these slots would open up better posits for new 2d Lts to get into and not be stuck in a field like Svcs Sqdn.
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To many you officer roles were filled by the clueless in need of learning 20 years ago. Warrent Officers should have never left. Then again I hated the demise of the Sgt rank. Guess i'm just old.
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