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unusual facts about Warrant Officer



255n

255N is a US Army Military Occupational Specialty code for a Network Management Technician - a Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty in the Signal Corps.

Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

Generally regarded as the smallest unit in the British Army, the School is now commanded by a Director who is a qualified army Pipe Major and who usually holds the rank of Captain or Major (usually being commissioned from Warrant Officer rank on appointment).

Central Band of the Royal Air Force

The current band master is Warrant Officer Skelton LRSM LTCL ALCM.

Charles Godefroy

On 7 August 1919, three weeks after the victory parade, under cover of secrecy and dressed in his warrant officer uniform, Charles Godefroy took off at 7.20 a.m. from the airfield of Villacoublay in a biplaneNieuport 11 Bébé” (Bébé = baby - because of its low wing span of 24.67 ft / 24’8’’ or 7.52 m).

Defence College of Communications and Information Systems

It also delivers training in military skills, command and leadership management courses alongside its technical courses, and standalone packages to Royal Signals NCOs and warrant officers from the Army.

Ernest Martin Jehan

He began the war as a warrant officer and was decorated and commissioned after sinking UB-4.

Focke-Wulf Ta 152

After attacking a train near Ludwigslust, the section split up into pairs; Wing Commander Brooker ordered the Tempests flown by Flying Officer S.J. Short and Warrant Officer Owen J. Mitchell to make their own way back to base.

Förvaltare

The original military meaning of the word 'Förvaltare' was the same as 'Conductor', as in a Warrant Officer Conductor of Ordnance Stores or Quartermaster Stores.

John C. Broger

In his young life Broger, a graduate from Southern California Bible College, became a missionary practicing his faith in Southeast Asia after serving as a Naval Reservist and Warrant Officer in the Intelligence and Electronics Branch on the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard.

Michael Peri

James Hall III – an Army warrant officer and intelligence analyst in Germany who sold eavesdropping and code secrets to East Germany and the Soviet Union from 1983 to 1988.

William Joseph Rainbow

His father was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Marines, so his education was in a number of those port towns and in Edinburgh.

William Kampiles

James Hall III – An Army warrant officer and intelligence analyst in Germany who sold eavesdropping and code secrets to East Germany and the Soviet Union from 1983 to 1988.


see also

Chief warrant officer

This appointment includes, for example, the Division Chief Warrant Officer (DCWO) of 1 Canadian Air Division and the Area Sergeant-Major (Area SM) of Land Force Western Area (LFWA).

Drift Sight

The CFS was in turn replaced by the Equal Distance Sight (EDS) designed by in 1916 by Warrant Officer Scarff, better known for the Scarff ring.

Glenn Andreotta

Serving as a crew chief aboard an OH-23 Raven observation helicopter, his pilot was Warrant Officer One Hugh Thompson, Jr. and his door-gunner was Specialist Four Lawrence Colburn, both of whom would also be acclaimed for their heroism at My Lai.

Hennen

Thomas J. Hennen (born 1952), United States Army warrant officer and astronaut

Kibeho Massacre

Four Australians were awarded the Medal for Gallantry for their distinguished service at Kibeho, the first gallantry medals awarded to Australians since the Vietnam War; Corporal Andrew Miller, Warrant Officer Rod Scott, Lieutenant Thomas Tilbrook and Major Carol Vaughan-Evans.

Lawrence Colburn

Serving as a door-gunner on an OH-23 Raven observation helicopter, his crew chief was Specialist Four Glenn Andreotta and his pilot was Warrant Officer One Hugh Thompson, Jr..

Purser

The development of the warrant officer system began in 1040 when five English ports began furnishing warships to King Edward the Confessor in exchange for certain privileges, they also furnished crews whose officers were the Master, Boatswain, Carpenter and Cook.

Weaponry of the Australian Army

Its namesake comes from Warrant Officer David Nary who was the first Australian soldier killed during the Iraq War.

Weapons officer

Infantry Weapons Officer, a United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer who is a technical weapons specialist