Warrant officer

The term warrant officer is used differently in several different organizations.

Starfleet/Marines

In Starfleet, the Federation and Starfleet Marine Corps and the Federation Starfighter Corps, warrant officers are a specialized grade of service in a military operation, where an officer is given his authority through a warrant rather than a commission, usually for service in a single field, with the capacity of an expert.

In addition to the standard rank of warrant officer itself, there exist several grades of chief warrant officers.

• Warrant Officer 1 - WO-s are technically and tactically focused officers who perform the primary duties of technical leader, trainer, operator, manager, maintainer, sustainer, and advisor.

• Chief Warrant Officer 2 - CWO2s are intermediate-level technical and tactical experts who perform increased duties and responsibilities at the detachment through battalion levels.

• Chief Warrant Officer 3 - CWO3s are advanced-level experts who perform the primary duties of a technical and tactical leader. They provide direction, guidance, resources, assistance, and supervision necessary for subordinates to perform their duties. They primarily support operations levels from team or detachment through brigade.

• Chief Warrant Officer 4 - CWO4s are Senior-level experts in their chosen field, primarily supporting battalion, brigade, division, corps, and echelons above corps operations. They typically have special mentorship responsibilities for other WOs and provide essential advice to commanders on WO issues.

• Chief Warrant Officer 5 - CWO5s are master-level experts that support brigade, division, corps, echelons above corps, and major command operations. They provide leader development, mentorship, advice, and counsel to Warrant Officers and branch officers. CW5s have special Warrant Officer leadership and representation responsibilities within their respective commands.

Notable warrant officers and chief warrant officers

• Myles O'Brien
  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
  • Deep Space Nine
• Phillip Boylan
  • SS Yorktown (NCC-108)
• Tabatha Brisk
  • UFS Arcadia
• Ari Chandra
  • SS Yorktown (NCC-108)
• Enigma
  • USS Justice (NCC-556)
• Edward Leslie
  • SS Yorktown (NCC-108)

		Enlisted ranks					Etc	Officer ranks						Flag ranks
Starfleet Officers Enlisted Misc.		CR CA CN	PO3 PO2 PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO CMCPO FMCPO MCPOSF	WO CDT MID REC	ENS	LTJG	LT	LCDR	CDR	CAPT FCAPT	CDRE RDML RADM		VADM	ADM	FADM
MACO		PV1 PV2 PFC	CPL SGT	SSG SFC	MSG	SGM CSM	WO	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL
Federation Marine Corps		Pvt PFC	LCpl Cpl	Sgt SSgt GySgt	MSgt 1st Sgt	MGySgt SgtMaj SMOMC	WO Cdt	2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col BCol	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	GCorps
Federation Starfighter Corps (Star Trek: Remington)		AB Amn A1C SrA	SSgt TSgt	MSgt	SMSgt	CMSgt CCM CMSSC	WO ACT	2ndLt	1stLt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col FCol	BrigGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	GSC

External links

• Starfleet ranks#Warrant Officers article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Warrant Officer (United States) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Warrant Officer#Royal Air Force article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.