ARMY WARRANT OFFICER HISTORY "The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer"
Part II - 1997 to 2007
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In December 1997,
the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) signed a memorandum changing the policy for release from active duty for Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Warrant Officers of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve to exclude enlisted active service when computing Active Federal Service for AGR Warrant Officers. The enlisted service continues to be creditable for retirement purposes. See
Army message announcing this change effective 1 January 1998.
In 1988 and 1989, initial
Army Reserve position rank coding resulted in 145 WO positions being rank coded for
CW5s - Master Warrant Officer (MWO) fill. CW5 positions were placed at the
Office of the Chief, Army Reserve; U.S. Army Reserve Command; Army Reserve
Personnel Command, Army Reserve Commands; and a few other Tables of
Authorization organizations.
On January 4, 1999, the
Chief of Staff, Army, chartered the Warrant Officer Leader Development Council
with the mission to serve as a continuing body to introduce, review and
address potential issues concerning Army systems, policies, and programs
designed to produce ready and relevant warrant officers who are capable of
supporting the Army mission in their roles as soldiers, officers, leaders,
and technicians across the full spectrum of operational environments.
In September 1999,
General Eric K. Shinseki, the Chief of Staff, Army, chartered the Army Development System (ADS) XXI Task Force to examine the enlisted and Warrant Officer personnel management systems.
Also in September 1999, and article entitled
Warrant Officers have been the Experts in Service since our country's beginning by Shelly Davis, was published in
The RETIRED OFFICER magazine of then The Retired Officer Association
(TROA).
In the late 1990s, CW5
Antonio B. Eclavea served as Assistant Executive Officer to the Chief of
Staff, Army in the Pentagon. In 2010 Eclavea was inducted into the Adjutant
Generals Corps Hall of Fame -
see
more.
Also in 1999, a Command Chief Warrant Officer (CCWO) program was
approved for implementation by the National Guard Bureau (NGB). CW5
CCWO positions were added to each State Area Command Headquarter (STARC).
These CW5 positions were in addition to the existing 3 to 5 CW5s authorized
in each State or Territory. The duties of the CCWO were: to address WO
strength problems and WO recruiting; establish a mentor program for warrant
officer candidates (WOC) and junior WO; and to serve as a technical advisor
to the State Adjutant General on WO management and career development.
In 2000, an Active Guard Reserve CW5 CCWO position was added at NGB
Headquarters. CW5 Robert J. Wharton was appointed as the first
Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard.
In December 2000, the Chief, Army Reserve authorized adding a CW5
Command Chief Warrant Officer position at each Regional Support Command.
In May 2001,
the Army moved on Warrant Officer Personnel Management Changes
- with 23 of 24 ADS XXI initiatives approved by the Army Chief of Staff, the Army is moved to refine its personnel management systems.
In May 2001,
Chief Warrant
Officer 2 Nicholas L. Punimata became a part of Warrant Officer History by being the first Warrant Officer to be presented the prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. His award was presented on May 23, 2001 in the Pentagon by
General Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff,
Army and Mr. William Sherman Hull from the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. During the ceremony, in addition to CW2 Punimata, 23 company grade award nominees of
Major Army Commands (MACOM), Army National Guard, and Army Reserve level competitions were also honored as MacArthur Leadership Awardees. CW2 Punimata was assigned as Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 151, Fort Lewis when selected. His hometown is Utile, American Samoa.
(Pictured (l to r):
GEN Eric Shinseki, then Chief of Staff, Army, presents a General Douglas MacArthur Bust to
CW2 Punimata while Mr. Hull from the MacArthur Foundation looks on.)
Also in 2001, Warrant Officer 1 Angela Lowe was the first
female Field Artillery Warrant Officer to graduate from Warrant Officer Candidate School.
Further, in 2001, the then Warrant
Officer Career Center (WOCC) issued a set of "Warrant Officer Values Posters"
following the "Army Values Theme of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service,
Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage" -
see the 2001 posters.
In 2006 a revised set of posters was issued by the now Warrant Officer
Career College - see more. On February 1, 2002, CW5 Rhea R.
Pruett was selected as the first female Command Chief Warrant Officer (CCWO)
in the Army. She was the was the second CCWO for the Michigan Army
National Guard.
See picture
and biography.
In February 2002,
"The Warrant Officer Ranks: Adding Flexibility to Military Personnel Management,"
a report released by the Congressional Budget Office of the U.S. Congress in February 2002 (applies to all services) - see
Fact Sheet. To view the Report go to
www.cbo.gov, click on "Publications", then click on "Search" and enter "warrant" in the "word/Phrase" block. The Report will appear in the right hand panel. Click "More" to view the report or you may download the file.
On May 17, 2002,
the Ninth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation Report
was released. Warrant Officer compensation is covered in the Executive Summary and in the body of the report. On July 18, 2002,
the Army Training and Leader Development Panel Reports on the Warrant Officer Study
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The Report and recommendations were released on August 22, 2002 after briefing to and approval by the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Army.
The
Final Report is available to be viewed, printed or downloaded. On August 29, 2002,
Chief Warrant
Officer 5 Daniel J. Logan, Jr., was appointed as the first Warrant Officer Advisor to the Chief of Staff,
Army - see
CSA Sends message. In October 2002,
the
Navy Secretary Authorized Pay Grade W5 beginning in Fiscal Year 2004
- The Navy announced that the 2004 Promotion Selection Board will include CWO4 selection for CWO5. Over a five year period some 84 CWO5 billets (5% authorized by WOMA) of the Navy Warrant Officer Corps may serve in the grade of
Chief Warrant Officer Five. See
Navy BUPERS Message. In January 2003, "In the Company of Heroes"
was authored by Chief
Warrant Officer 4 (Ret) Michael J. Durant with Steven Hartov. Durant was one of the pilots several injured in the battle of October 3 and 4, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia who survived. (See also
Blackhawk Down in this history) In March 2003,
Three Female Army Warrant Officers were Featured in the National Media:
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Concetta Hassan, a CH-47 Chinook pilot, "Is very much the 60-year-old grandmother she appears to be, boasting about her family and looking forward to retirement" - see the
USA Today story. CW4 Hassan was also featured on the NBC Today Show during the week of March 17th.
Chief Warrant Officer Charisma Henzie
also a CH-47 Chinook pilot - "Perched on her cot, Charisma Henzie rips open a box sent through military mail and pulls out a white stuffed cat. Press here, reads the instructions on the belly and she does. "Happy 26th Birthday!" croaks a baritone, a recording of her father's voice. "A cat for Kuwait!" - see the
Washington Post story. Warrant Officer 1 Laquitta Joseph, a Maintenance Technician, "The first thing Warrant Officer Laquitta Joseph did the other day was find the private who inadvertently -- and foolishly -- had dirtied up her truck with a broken oil-leaking transmission differential." - see the
Wall Street Journal story. On 27 August 2003,
the Chief of Staff,
Army announced the second Warrant Officer Advisor. An Army message announced
Chief Warrant
Officer 5 Jerry L. Dillard as the second Warrant Officer Advisor to the CSA -
see CSA Sends message.
In September 2003, the second Don Stivers' Warrant Officer Limited Edition Serial Numbered Print
"LET GO!" was commissioned by the U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association. The artwork commemorates the birth of the Army Warrant Officer Corps: that being the July 1918 act of Congress founding the Army Mine Planter Service as part of the Coast Artillery Corps. The act designated Warrant Officers to serve as masters, mates, chief engineers and assistant engineers of mine-planting vessels.
(This
print is now sold out) In January 2004,
Lieutenant General Roger Schultz, Director of the Army National Guard, announced the selection of
Chief Warrant
Officer 5 Poyas Haynes as the new Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard.
CCWO Haynes has served in a long and distinguished career with the Army and
the South Carolina Army National Guard. In April 2004,
Chief Warrant
Officer 5 David Koch became the new Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army Reserve.
In April 2004, the
Army Reserve Instituted New Warrant Officer Military Professional Development Education Requirements
- Warrant Officers with an effective date of rank (DOR) of January 1, 2005 and after require the following minimum military professional development education. Warrant Officer Advance Course (WOAC) will be provided earlier in the career to enhance the technical readiness capabilities of the force. The WOAC will now be required for all Warrant Officers between the sixth and eight year of Warrant Officer service or before selection to Chief Warrant
Officer 3. The Warrant Officer Staff Course (WOSC) will now be provided to all Warrant Officers between their 12th and 14th year of Warrant Officer service or before selection to Chief Warrant
Officer 4. In the case of selection to Chief Warrant Officer 5, the WOSC must be completed for selection and the Warrant Officer Senior Staff Course (WOSSC) must be completed for promotion pin-on. CW2, CW3, and CW4 with a DOR earlier than January 1, 2005 must meet the military Professional Development Education (PDE) requirements currently listed in Table 2-3, AR 135-155. However, it does not preclude educational requirements from being completed for future promotion consideration. Effective April 9, 2004 the education requirements list above were authorized and fully funded. See
Memorandum.
In the Spring of 2004, the Commandant and Staff at the Warrant
Officer Career Center, Fort Rucker, AL established "The Order of the Eagle
Rising Society" as a joint venture with the Military Officers Association
(MOAA) as sponsor. The Bylaws of the Society show the purpose as
"Recognition of exceptional individuals who have contributed significantly
to the promotion of the Warrant Officer Community in ways that stand out in
the eyes of the recipient's superiors, subordinates, and peers. These
individuals must have demonstrated the highest standards of integrity and
moral character, displayed a high degree of professional competence, and
have served the United States Army Community with distinction."
Nominees for the order of the Eagle Rising must have served as a member of
the U.S. Military or as a civilian working with the military community and
meet the foregoing criteria.
On 9 July 2004,
new Chief Warrant
Officer Five (ICW5) insignia and wear of Army Officer Branch insignia & branch colors
were announced as uniform changes for Army Warrant Officers -
see message. The new CW5 insignia is a silver-colored bar, 3/8 inches in width and 1-1/8 inches in length, with a black line in the center of the bar (pictured to the left). This aligned the Army CW5 Insignia with that of the Navy and the Marine Corps, particularly it makes the rank more readily recognizable in joint operations.
Ceremonial Warrant Officer Insignia Change and Flag Ceremonies were held at various locations on 9 July and other dates.
This change in effect relegated the
brass Eagle Rising insignia into Warrant Officer Corps history. Ceremonies
were held at many units, organizations, installations, and command around
the world where Warrant Officers were pinned with their Officer Branch
insignia, CW5s were pinned with the new insignia and
Warrant Officers were welcomed into their individual officer branch.
From July 13 to 15, 2004, a Senior Warrant Officer Conference was hosted by the Warrant Officer Career Center,
Fort Rucker, Alabama - U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association National President
CW5 Franklin D. Meeks and Warrant Officer Heritage Foundation President
CW5 (Ret) David P. Welsh both attended the three-days of events.
In a ceremony on July 14, 2004,
the main Warrant Officer Career Center Building was dedicated in Honor of
CW5 Sharon T. Swartworth - Building 5302, home of the Army Warrant Officer Career Center at Fort Rucker, AL was dedicated as "Swartworth Hall." The memorial is in memory of CW5 Swartworth who was killed in action in Iraq on November 7, 2003. CW5 Swartworth was performing duties as the Judge Advocate General's Regimental
Chief Warrant Officer in a support mission to visit soldiers of the Judge Advocate General's Corps who were stationed in Iraq, when the UH-60 Black Hawk that she was aboard was shot down near Tikrit. During the course of the dedication ceremony, USAWOA President CW5 Frank Meeks presented a painting of Sharon for display.
Pictured left -
Building 5302 dedication plaque
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Pictured right - COL Enderle, then WOCC Commandant and CW5 Meeks, then U. S.
Army Warrant Officers Association National (USAWOA) President unveil the
portrait. (Pictures by CW5 (Ret) Dave Welsh)
Also on July 14, 2004,
another of the many events included the 86th Anniversary of the Warrant Officer Corps Ball on July 14, 2004. General Richard A. Cody, Vice Chief of Staff,
Army, was the guest speaker.
Pictured left are USAWOA National President
CW5 Frank Meeks and
Pictured right are CW5 Meeks and Medal of Honor
recipient CW4 (Ret) Michael Novosel
who was
one of the first inductees into
The Order of the Rising Eagle Society.
Also inducted into The Order of the Eagle Rising Society was Medal of
Honor recipient and former Warrant Officer MAJ (Ret) Frederick Ferguson,
also one of the first inductees.
(Pictures courtesy CW5 Daniel R. Curry) Also in 2004, CW5 Poyas M. Haynes
was appointed Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard replacing CW5
Robert Wharton.
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2005 - 2007 On February 1, 2005,
the Army Remembered Women Judge Advocate General Corps (JAGC) Pioneers - the ribbon was cut on a JAGC Exhibit at the Army Women's Museum at Fort Lee, VA. The exhibit includes a highlight on the career of
Chief Warrant Officer Five Sharon Swartworth the first active Army CW5 and the first female Regimental Warrant Officer of the JAGC. She was killed in November 2003 when the Blackhawk helicopter she was riding in was shot down near Tikrit, Iraq.
See Army News Service story February through August of 2005 saw many changes introduced as the Army Warrant Officer Corps underwent Army Transformation: In February, the Chief of Staff, Army sent a message on Warrant Officer Recruiting to the Commanders of all Army activities - see
Message for details.
Warrant Officer Military Occupational
Specialties Reclassification Actions for FY2006 -
see
message for details. Warrant Officer Bonuses --- --- $6K bonus aims to cut Reserve Component officer shortage
- Affiliation bonus of $6,000 available to officers and warrant officers leaving active duty and signing up for service with National Guard or Army Reserve units - see
News Release. --- Special Forces Warrant Officer Accession Bonus -
MILPER Message 05-127 announced a $20,000 special accession bonus for NCOs in specified enlisted MOS who are selected for training as Special Forces Warrant Officers. Soldiers who received an SRB/CSRB who are selected and appointed as an SF Warrant Officer will not be required to repay the previously awarded SRB/CSRB disbursement but will be required to sign a service agreement. See MILPER Message for details. --- Critical Skills Retention Bonus for Special Forces Warrant Officers -
MILPER Message 05-126. This CSRB is targeted to retirement-eligible career Warrant Officers in MOS 180A with between 19 – 25 years of active federal service who are eligible for continued service. --- Critical Skills Retention Bonus for Military Intelligence Warrant Officers. This CSRB is targeted to retirement-eligible MI Warrant Officers in specific MOS - see
MILPER Message 05-105 for MOS and details. Officer and Warrant Officer Active
Duty Programs - information on possibilities for active duty programs
for officers and warrant officers provided by the Chief, Officer
Accessions, Retirements and Separations Branch, US Army Human Resources
Command-Alexandria . Army Physical Fitness Test
Standards Message Regarding Enrollment in Warrant Officer and Officer
Candidate Schools - Army also issues Change 1 to the Policy. Guidance issued for
Army Reserve Warrant Officers serving as Commanders that are not Warrant Officer Billets.
"Warrant Officer Recruiting and Retention Plan" a "must read" article on new initiatives to fill Warrant Officer positions in the
active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve force structure.
Read it now.
On March 24, 2005, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Douglas D. Frank became the Chief Warrant Officer of the Special Forces Branch, MOS 180A Proponent Manager, and Senior Warrant Officer Advisor to the Commanding General, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School - see Biography and picture.
In July 2005, CW4 (Ret) Donald E. Hess and CW4 (Ret) Willie Ruff (deceased) were inducted into the Order of the "Eagle Rising Society" at the 87th Anniversary of the Warrant Officer Corps Ball at Fort Rucker, AL.
On 14 October 2005, New Army Warrant Officer Definitions were published in Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-3. This Pamphlet includes the career development of Warrant Officers, thus superseding Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-11. See new definitions.
On November 1, 2005, the Army Vice Chief of Staff (VCSA) issued a Charter establishing the Senior Warrant Officer Advisory Council (SWOAC) with the mission to serve as a continuing body to introduce, review and address potential issues concerning Army systems, policies, and programs designed to produce ready and relevant warrant officers who are capable of supporting the Army mission in their roles as soldiers, officers, leaders, and technicians across the full spectrum of operational environments. See current SWOAC Charter. See also "SWOAC, What it is, What it is not."
In November 7, 2005, Warrant Officer Division in the Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, VA ceased to exist. All warrant officer career managers now come under the direct supervision of the proponent branch within the Officer Personnel Management Directorate. Although warrant officer career managers are aligning Warrant Officers with the branch to more effectively manage the officer Corps, procedures with the field are not changed. The current phone numbers and email addresses remain the same for each Warrant Officer Assignment officer. The web-page for each warrant officer assignment officer will migrate to the appropriate assignment division web site. This change was announced in MILPER Message 05-277 on November 4, 2005.
In February 2006, the Warrant Officer Advisor to the Chief of Staff Army provided an update on Warrant Officer Issues - see complete text of the update.
In March 2006, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Carl Jenkins was selected and assigned as the third Assistant Executive Officer and Warrant Officer Advisor to the 35th Chief of Staff, Army, General Peter J. Schoomaker and continued to serve in the same capacity for the 36th Chief of Staff, Army, General George W. Casey, Jr. - see Biography and picture.
In April 2006, the Army National Guard was authorized to undertake Reserve Component Warrant Officer Candidate School training for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and the Warrants Officer Career Center (WOCC) approved the conduct of a pilot program with Warrant Officer Candidates enrolled in a Distance Learning Course (Phase 1) conducted by the WOCC) via the web. Phase 2, consisting of five Inactive Duty Training weekends, was conducted by 13 State Regional Training Institutes between April and August 2006. States participating in the Phase 2 training were Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. Phase 3, a two-week Annual Training period, was conducted at the 138th Regiment Regional Training Institute at Camp Atterbury, Indiana from September 15 to 30, 2006. Phase 3 graduated 119 Candidates with 116 from the Army National Guard and 3 from the Army Reserve.
In July 12, 2006, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) approved a policy change to create separate competitive categories of Active Guard-Reserve and Non-Active Guard-Reserve for all Army Reserve warrant officers that are considered by mandatory promotion selection boards, effective Calendar Year 2007.
In July 2006, CW5 David Williams and CW5 Dean Stoops were inducted into the Order of the "Eagle Rising Society" at the 88th Anniversary of the Warrant Officer Corps Ball at Fort Rucker, AL.
In October 2006, Army Field Manual, FM 6-22, Army Leadership, was published. There had been a lot of discussion about Warrant Officers roles and responsibilities as leaders and officers. FM 6-22 seems to remove all doubt as to how the Army views Warrant Officers as leaders and officers. See extract of Chapter 3, FM 6-22.
In November 2006, Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty 150A, Air Traffic and Air Space Management Technician, reopened. The MOS, formerly know as just Air Traffic Control Technician had been closed for many years.
Also in 2006, the now Warrant Officer Career College issued a revised set of "Warrant Officer Values Posters" again following the Army Values Theme of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. This version contains inserts with the corresponding Army Value poster - see revised 2006 posters and/or the original 2001 posters.
On January 11, 2007, the time in service policy changed for Regular Army Warrant Officers - RA Warrant Officers of any grade are authorized to serve until completion of 30 years of active service as a WO. Previously the statute authorized RA Warrant Officers in the grade of Chief Warrant Officer 5 only to serve until completion of 30 years of active service as a WO - see Memo.
In January 2007, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Randall G. Gant became the third Chief Warrant Officer of Aviation Branch - see biography and picture.
Also in January 2007, announcement of an Interim Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard was made. Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, Director, Army National Guard (DARNG) announced during his welcoming comments at a meeting of ARNG Senior Warrant Officers, that he selected an "interim" Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard. The announcement came after the recent tour completion of Chief Warrant Officer 5 Poyas Haynes. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Sal Green is the Command Chief Warrant Officer for the State of Florida. CW5 Green started his duties as CCWO ARNG on 1 March and will serve until the DARNG has an opportunity to select a permanent NGB CCWO.
On February 21, 2007, CW4 Scott Upton, a Black Hawk pilot saved lives, earneds the Distinguished Flying Cross. It was about 11 a.m. Feb. 21 in Iraq when Black Hawk helicopter pilot Scott Upton earned his Distinguished Flying Cross while possibly saving nine lives, including his own, in what the 22-year military veteran called a “controlled crash.” Upton, 42, a Chief Warrant Officer in the Utah Army National Guard, called his wife, Barbie, and four children on the same day. He wanted to tell his wife everything, but he wasn’t sure how much he should say. “I just told her, ‘I got shot down,”‘ he said. “She goes, ‘What?”‘ - see more. (Courtesy Desert Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah)
On March 28, 2007, one of 10 Last Army Draftees Retired. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Rangel stands in front of a HAWK surface-to-air missile battery at Fort Bliss, Texas. Rangel was one of just 10 draftees still in the Army when he retired on March 28, 2007, according to Fort Bliss officials. Maj. Gen. Robert Lennox, Fort Bliss' commanding general, described Rangel as the “foremost expert” on air defense systems at the West Texas post - see more.
On 4 June 2007, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ronald Galloway became the 3d Chief Warrant Officer of the Adjutant General Corps, replacing Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gerald Sims - see picture and biography.
On June 22, 2007, Colonel Mark T. Jones became the new commandant of the Warrant Officer Career Center during a change of command ceremony held at Fort Rucker's U.S. Army Aviation Museum. COL Jones replaced Colonel Glenwood Norris Jr., who is now the inspector general for the Space and Missile Defense Command, Redstone Arsenal. Prior to assuming command of WOCC, COL Jones was the Aviation Branch Personnel Proponency Director, Fort Rucker - see picture and biography.
On July 1, 2007, just past midnight, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kevin Purtee, of Houston, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Allen Crist used their Apache to evacuate a badly wounded 3rd Infantry Division Soldier from the middle of a heavy firefight. CW2 Crist received the Distinguished Flying Cross for a heroic act in which he gave up his seat in an Apache helicopter for a wounded foot Soldier during a battle in Iraq - see the full story and a picture of CW2 Crist.
In July 2007, the Army announced one new Accession Bonus and one new Retention Bonus for Warrant Officers:
The Critical Skills Retention Bonus (CSRB) Program for Field Artillery Warrant Officers : MILPER Message 07-170 announced the CSRB program for specified Field Artillery warrant officer MOS 131A. The effective date for this program was June 28, 2007. This CSRB is targeted to retirement-eligible career warrant officers in MOS 131A with between 19 - 23 years active federal service, and who are fully eligible for continued service. Warrant officers in MOS 131A may request CSRB entitlement up to 25 years active federal service.
In July 2007, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Matthew Anderson Sr. assumed the duties as Quartermaster Regimental Chief Warrant Officer, Quartermaster Center and School, Fort Lee Virginia - see his Quartermaster Professional Bulletin Article, picture, and biography.
Also in July 2007, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Paul O'Meara assumed the duties as the Chief Warrant Officer of the Military Intelligence Corps and Military Intelligence Warrant Officer Proponent Manager - see biography and picture.
Also in July 2007, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rick Johnson assumed the duties Chief Warrant Officer of the Judge Advocate General Corps replacing Chief Warrant Officer 4 Carol Hauck serving in Iraq - see biography and picture.
Also in July 2007, CW5 (Ret) Donald R. Howerton and CW5 Sharon T. Swarthworth (deceased) were inducted into the "Eagle Rising Society" at the 89th Anniversary of the Warrant Officer Corps Ball.
In late July 2007, Warrant Officer in the Horse Cavalry - Pictured right, Honorary Capt. Rodney T. Preuss is ready to relinquish command of the B Troop, 4th U. S. Cavalry Regiment during a change-of-command ceremony at Fort Huachuca, AZ. The position was taken over by Jay D. Hizer, left, a retired chief warrant officer. Outgoing commander Preuss is an active duty Chief Warrant Officer 4. (Courtesy Ed Honda-Herald/Review)
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