Marine Corps Warrant Officer

Warrant officers are sought for their physical technical and mental capabilities according to chief warrant officer 3 david l.

Marine corps warrant officer. Warrant officer wo1 is a rank in the united states marine corps usmc a branch of the u s. Military except the air force which discontinued the designation fill a role between top enlisted ranks and lower level officer ranks. Marine corps base quantico va every year hundreds of enlisted marines join the officer ranks through the warrant officer program.

A chief warrant officer cwo2 cwo5 serving in the mos 0306 infantry weapons officer carries a special title marine gunner which does not replace his rank. A marine corps warrant officer is a specialist who has served on active enlisted duty and can function in a specific role known as a military occupational specialty or mos. Other warrant officers are sometimes incorrectly referred to as gunner.

A marine gunner replaces the chief warrant officer insignia on the left collar with a bursting bomb insignia. The warrant officer path typically is followed by marines who do not have a college degree but want to serve as officers. For example the marine gunner warrant officer program requires a marine to hold the rank of gunnery sergeant and have 16 23.

A warrant officer 1 is a warrant officer at dod paygrade w 1 with a starting monthly pay of 3 213. The marine corps has had warranted officers since 1916 when the commandant of the marine corps made a request to the secretary of the navy for the creation of two warrant grades marine gunner and quartermaster clerk. Pearson jr financial management resource officer marine corps recruiting command.

Warrant officer 1 is the 13th rank in the united states marine corps ranking above sergeant major of the marine corps and directly below chief warrant officer 2. A marine corps warrant officer is a category of rank in the marine corps branch of the u s. Warrant officers in all branches of the u s.

The warrant officer wo program is designed to provide the marine corps with technical specialists who perform duties that require extensive knowledge of a particular military occupational specialty mos and can be assigned successive tours of duty in their primary mos. Those appointed would be selected from the noncommissioned officer ranks.