What made you choose to go down the Warrant's path?

Truth: I was tired of being a babysitter. I was a Plt Sgt in Korea and hated when I had to answer this question: "Why were SPC XXX and PFC XXX in the Ville getting drunk past curfew and assaulting the MPs trying to apprehend them?"

Really? What's the correct answer to that? My First Sergeant took me into his office and said, "Don't worry, you just got picked up for Warrant. Go get your coffee cup and start growing your mustache."

I got tired of fighting for positions that were not even on the MTOE (HHC Plt Sgt). I got tired of having 5+ bosses at any given time. I got tired of sitting in NCODPs about NCOERs when I knew I needed to be in the motor pool getting equipment FMC. As a Warrant Officer I only have 1 boss and I am fully committed to the maintenance missing when at times, no one else is. My BN XO knows if I am taken out of the motor pool for stupid stuff, maintenance is fall behind. I spend most of my day teaching enlisted personnel what the standard is.

For me it was all about being able to focus on the job and develop into something of an expert in the field. I enjoyed being an NCO, but I'm glad I went Warrant.