What insight do you have for someone looking to get into an Army Flight Warrant Officer Program?
I don't know any Warrant Officers but I do have a retired Army O3 and current O5 that are willing to recommend me. Otherwise I have two Government Officials that are willing to write my recommendations as well (Large Texas county Commission and large Texas city City Councilwoman).
I've taken an unofficial ASVAB and scored a 78 (without studying or prior knowledge), and meet the height/weight restrictions (5'11/190) but am not in military fitness shape. I am 27.5 as of this writing.
I am not in a mad rush to serve and plan to commence fitness training very soon and will be meeting with a recruiter.
Any advice, recommendations or insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you happen to be an Aviation/Pilot Warrant Officer? I haven’t been too successful in obtaining first hand information on SIFT, Pilot training and general personal experience from Army pilots.
For the SIFT, just grab a study guide. They have printed versions and I believe you can get online ones as well. The test itself isn’t overly hard but if you don’t have any flying experience, not all of the sections specific to flying will make sense. That’s really all you need to worry about with it. 40 is the minimum and I would say most of the pilots I know have scored in the 50-65 range. Your essay, letters of recommendation and PT score are probably all more important than the sift as long as you get a passing score though.