[Red Badger]

Other services still have Warrant Officers.

They are usually in command of technical groups.

Some are even Helicopter pilots...................

[TexasGator]

“Other services still have Warrant Officers.

They are usually in command of technical groups.”

Army recruiter in 1968 offered me a Warrant Officer program. All I had to do was pilot helicopters.

My response: Like the ones on the 6 O’clock news?

Recruiter: Yes

Me: Which way to the Navy recruiter!

[TexasGator]

“Other services still have Warrant Officers.

They are usually in command of technical groups.”

Army recruiter in 1968 offered me a Warrant Officer program. All I had to do was pilot helicopters.

My response: Like the ones on the 6 O’clock news?

Recruiter: Yes

Me: Which way to the Navy recruiter!

[Rockingham]

Back in the 80s, the brother of a friend of mine hated the idea of college but loved flying. After high school he went into the Army and became a warrant officer flying attack helicopters. He later transitioned to the Air Force as a commissioned officer flying F-16s.

[Bonemaker]

Army warrants are the backbone of helicopter operations. They are best at keeping junior officer pilots alive! At least thats the way it used to be,

[higgmeister]

In the Azores, Army Warrant Officers were the tug boat Captains at the Deep Water Port.   One lived in the apartment across the courtyard from me and my wife.

Don't freak-out about that, because Lajes Field was Portuguese Air Base #4 and USAF personnel maintained the base but had no aircraft assigned and the Navy had no watercraft but their co-located NAF had the only aircraft assigned, P3 Orions.

Also the Base Commander was a our USAF Brigadier General.