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ARMY WARRANT OFFICER HISTORY
"The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer"
Part III
- 2008 to Present
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2008 - Present
In January, 2008,
formal MOS qualification of
the Air Traffic Services Warrant Officer began. The formal Technical
Phase Training course is 6-weeks long and began in January 2008 at Fort
Rucker, Ala -
see more.
On January 11, 2008
- The Assistant Secretary
of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) issued a memorandum authorizing 30
years of active service for all Regular Army Warrant Officers of any grade.
Previously only Regular Army Chief Warrant Officer's Five (CW5) were allowed
30 years of active service - see the
Memorandum.
 On
January 28, 2008, Chief
Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Johnson (right), a pilot with 4th Battalion,
227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, gets pinned with the
Distinguished Flying Cross by Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil, Jr., 1st Cavalry
Division's commander, at the Fort Hood Catering and Conference Center. Johnson, a Nampa, Idaho, native, was rewarded for his leadership and
skills during a large battle in Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2007-
see
more.
(Photo and story by Sgt. Nicole Kojetin, USA)
On April 2, 2008, the article
entitled "A breed apart: Warrant Officers mark 90 years with the Army" by Fred
L. Borch and Robert F. Door, was published in the ARMY TIMES. The article is a
short history lesson commemorating the the 90th birthday of the Army Warrant
Officer - see the article.
On April 15, 2008,
a
Warrant Officer Conference with the theme
"The Future of the Warrant Officer" was held in the Al Faw Palace Main
Ballroom in Iraq. It included a Senior Warrant Officer Meeting, a
Warrant Officer Recruiting Briefing open to all soldiers, and a Warrant
Officer Professional Development session. The points of contact for this
conference were CW5 David Williams and CW4 Curtis Newkirk.
In
April 2008,
five
Warrant Officers were selected for Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Pilot Program
- selected were CW4 Percy Alexander (QM), CW4
(P) Timothy Feathers (AV), CW4 Nathaniel Jones (AD), CW4 Richard Myers (OD, and
CW3 Robert Russell. These officers will attend ILE (formerly Command & General
Staff Course) at Fort
Leavenworth, KS in the summer of 2008. The intent of this program is not for
all Warrant Officers
to attend, but for a select few who are the best candidates for strategic
level positions within the Army.
On April 24, 2008,
a memorandum, Subject: Basic Officer Leader
Course (BOLC) Policy and Guidance, was signed by the Deputy Commanding General
for Initial Military Training. BOLC is designed to ensure tough, standardized,
small-unit leadership experience that flows progressively from the
per-commissioning/appointment phase (BOLC 1) through the initial-entry field
leadership phase (BOLC II) to the branch technical phase (BOLC III)-
see the memo.
Over time Warrant Officer training will be phased out of the Warrant Officer
Education System (WOES) and into the Officer Education System (OES).
On May 6, 2008,
the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
published a short Warrant Officer History entitled "WARRANT The Legacy of
Leadership as a Warrant Officer: 90 Years of Technical Expertise in the
Army" by CW5 (Ret) David P. Welsh.
The article commemorates the 90th Birthday of
the Army Warrant Officer in July 2008 - see the article.
On May 7, 2008,
the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G3/5/7 signed a
memorandum, Subject: Request for Delay of Warrant Officer Integration into
Phase III of the Basic Officer Leader Course. The memorandum approves the
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to delay Warrant Officer Integration in
BOLC II until the third quarter FY 2009 -
see the memo.
 On June 6, 2008,
The National Adjutant General's Corps
Regimental Ball was held at
Fort Jackson, SC. The AG Corps is the
second oldest branch of our Army. After dinner CW5 (Ret) Daniel J. Logan
was installed as the new "Honorary Warrant Officer of the Regiment" by
Colonel Richard P. Mustion,
Commandant of the AG School and
President of the AGC Regiment.
CW5 Logan's last assignment on active duty was as Assistant
Executive Officer and Warrant Officer Advisor to the Army Chief of Staff. He
is currently the Chief of the Secretary of the Army's Military Personnel
Office. The outgoing Honorary Warrant Officer of the Regiment was CW5 (Ret)
Arbie 'Mac' McInnis who had served for nine active and dedicated years.
(Pictured l-r:
CW5 (Ret) Logan,
COL Mustion,
and CW5
(Ret) McInnis)
On July 9, 2008,
the 90th Birthday of the Army Warrant Officer Corps in the Mine Planter
Service of the Coast Artillery was celebrated. Several military-related magazines
recognized the occasion.
"WARRANT The legacy of
Leadership as a Warrant Officer - 90 Years of Technical Expertise in the
Army," by CW5 (Ret) Dave Welsh on behalf of the Warrant
Officers Heritage Foundation, was published in the Summer 2008
ON POINT The Journal of Army
History
of the Army Historical Foundation. Shorter versions were published in
Army Aviation
magazine of the Army Aviation Association of America,
The Officer
magazine of the Reserve Officers Association, and the
NEWSLINER of the U.
S. Army Warrant Officers Association. Also, "Fort Monroe's little-known history: Birthplace of the Army Warrant
Officer," by CW5 Dennis Erickson, CWO Leader Development at Training
and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), was
published in the July 25th edition of the Fort Monroe
CASEMATE
newspaper.
Also, on 9 July 2008, the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Career College (WOCC)
at
Fort Rucker, Alabana, celebrated the 90th
Anniversary of Army Warrant Officer Service. Pictured are COL Mark Jones,
WOCC Commandant and CW3 Johnnie Schmitt cutting the cake.
 On
July 11, 2008,
Chief Warrant Officer
5 David F. Cooper
is presented the Distinguished Service Cross
(DSC) from Admiral Eric T. Olson, commander of United States
Special Operations Command, during a ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky., on July
11, 2008.
He
acted with complete disregard for his own safety as he single handedly took
aerial action against an armed and numerically superior enemy during a combat
engagement in central Iraq in 2006. The DSC is the Army's second highest award
for combat valor and is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of
the United States during military operations. This is the eleventh DSC to be
awarded for actions in Iraq since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
To date, Cooper is the only aviator to receive the DSC non-posthumously for
actions in support of the War on Terror. (see News Release) (160th Special
Operations Aviation Regiment Photo)
On July 17, 2008,
the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced that
the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Vietnam War, had been
identified. They were Chief Warrant Officer Bobby L. McKain, of Garden
City, KS.; and Warrant Officer Arthur F. Chaney, of Vienna, VA, both
U.S. Army. McKain will be buried with full military honors on August 11 in
Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., and Chaney will be buried
with full military honors on September 16 in Arlington. On May 3, 1968, these
men flew an AH-1G Cobra gunship on an armed escort mission to support a
reconnaissance team operating west of Khe Sanh, in Quang Tri Province, South
Vietnam. Their helicopter was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire, exploded in
mid-air and crashed west of Khe Sanh near the Laos-Vietnam border. The crew of
other U.S. aircraft flying over the area immediately after the crash reported
no survivors, and heavy enemy activity prevented attempts to recover the men's
bodies.
In August 2008,
a new Warrant Officer MOS was established - The Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 at Department of the Army approved a proposal from the U.S. Army Chemical School to establish MOS 740A
with ASI L3 (Technical Escort) and SQI R (Chemical, Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear (CBRN) Responder). Positions to support the establishment will
transfer from Officer AOC 74A (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear (CBRN)) and will be phased in over five years beginning in FY2011
and continuing through FY2015 -
see more.
 On
August 28, 2008, five chief warrant officers were the
first to enter the Intermediate Level Education program at the Command and
General Staff College (C&GSC), Fort Leavenworth, KS. It is a pilot program
to offer a broadening experience to a different category of Army leaders
that normally wouldn't have that opportunity. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Percy
Alexander (Quartermaster), Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tim Feathers (Aviation),
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard Myers (Ordnance), Chief Warrant Officer 4
Nathaniel Jones (Air Defense), and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Russell
(Ordnance) are the first warrant officers admitted to the C&GSC.
(Pictured right: C&GSC
Commandant Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV talks with CW3 Robert Russell,
CW4 Percy Alexander, CW4 Richard Myers, CW5 Timothy Feathers and CW4
Nathaniel Jones about their participation in CGSC Aug. 27 in the Lewis and
Clark Center's main conference room. The Soldiers are the first warrant
officers to attend CGSC. Lamp photo by Prudence Siebert.)
(See article published in
The Fort Leavenworth LAMP.)
Also in August 2008,
CW5 Jeffrey A Reichard assumed the duties as Chief Warrant Officer of
the Aviation Branch (AV CWOB) -
see photo and
biography.
In September 2008, the Army
kicked off the Military Aviation Centennial. With some 35% (almost 8,000) of
the Warrant Officer Corps consisting of Aviation Warrant Officers this is a
significant commemoration in the Corps History -
see more.
 
Also in September 2008,
CW5
Jeffie Moore (pictured left) was appointed Senior
Chief Warrant Officer and Training with Industry Program Manager for
Quartermaster/ Ordnance/Transportation Officer, Warrant Officer, and
Noncommissioned Officers at the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), Fort
Lee. VA. CW5 Moore holds a 922A Food Service MOS in the Quarter Master Corps
and has extensive military and civilian education -
see biography. Also
CW5 Arthur G. Dahl, IV, (pictured right) was
appointed as the 6th Chief Warrant Officer of the Ordnance Branch at the
Ordnance Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD -
see biography.
WARRANT
The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer continues at the links below:
Summary
Credits
Warrant Officer Programs of Other U.S. Uniformed Services
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