Warrant Officer Candidate School

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Active| 1918–present
Country| United States
Branch| U.S. Army
Type| Training
Role| Train and appoint U.S. Army Warrant Officers
Part of| Training and Doctrine Command and the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College
Garrison/HQ| Fort Rucker, Alabama
Motto(s)| "Strength in Knowledge"

Military unit

The United States Army's Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS), located at Fort Rucker, Alabama, provides training for Soldiers to become a warrant officer in the U.S. Army or U.S. Army National Guard (also conducted via state Regional Training Institutes—RTI programs), with the recent exception of U.S. Army Special Forces Warrant Officers. Since 2007, Special Forces Warrant Officers attend the Special Forces Warrant Officer Technical and Tactical Certification Course (SF-WOTTC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As of January 2018[update], WOCS and SF-WOTTC are the only two training institutions which are authorized to appoint warrant officers in the U.S. Army.[citation needed] Warrant officer candidates are typically drawn from enlisted members (up to Command Sergeant Major) and inter-service transfers.[1] In this case, Inter-Service Transfer refers to enlisted members of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, or U.S. Marine Corps transferring to the U.S. Army to attend WOCS,[1] or civilian high school graduates who enlist for guaranteed attendance as aviation (flight) candidates at WOCS after they complete Basic Combat Training (BCT). Warrant officer candidates without prior enlisted service are informally referred to as high school to flight school or street to seat recruits by warrant officer candidates with prior enlisted service.[2][3]

## Overview

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WOCS is a five-week course designed to train, assess, evaluate, and develop warrant officers for fourteen of the U.S. Army's sixteen basic branches (excluding Infantry and Armor). The course is designed to provide a base to assist in the development of Army Warrant Officers into self–aware and adaptive technical experts, combat leaders, trainers, mentors, and advisors to both soldiers and commanders. Later, through progressive levels of expertise in assignments, training, and education, Warrant Officers administer, manage, maintain, operate, and integrate Army systems and equipment across the full-spectrum of Army operations. Warrant officers in the Army are accessed with specific levels of technical ability. They refine their technical expertise and develop their leadership and management skills through tiered progressive assignments and education.[1]

WOCS focuses on officer training and candidates serve in various student leadership positions throughout the course. The course includes classroom instruction focusing on officership, military history, problem solving, professional development, and other topics.

Graduation from WOCS is held at the United States Army Aviation Museum on Fort Rucker, where a candidate is appointed to WO1 and moves to their respective branch schools to attend the Warrant Officer Basic Course. For example, United States Army Signal Corps branched Warrant Officers attend WOBC at Fort Gordon, where Aviation branched Warrant Officers attend WOBC at Fort Rucker.

## See also

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* Military academy
* Officer Candidate School
* Officer Candidate School (United States Army)
* Training and Doctrine Command
* Warrant Officer Career College

## Notes and references

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1. ^ a b c Warrant Officer Candidate School overview
2. ^ About Warrant Officers Retrieved 25 January 2011.
3. ^ How to Become an Army Aviator with the WOFT Program Army-Aviation-Pilot.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

## External links

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* Official website
* Army Warrant Officer History since 1918 Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Warrant Officer Heritage Foundation
* USAJFKSWCS (Official website)

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Subordinate Commands|

* Army University
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Centers of Excellence (CoE)|

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* Warrant Officer Candidate School
* Warrant Officer Career College
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Installations|

* Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Leadership|

* Secretary of the Army
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* Chief of Staff
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* 4-star generals
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* 1798–1959
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* 2020–present
* Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer
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* Senate Committee on Armed Services (Senate Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces)

Components
and
commands|

* Regular Army
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* Active Units
* Reorganization plan of United States Army

| Commands|

* Forces
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* Training and Doctrine

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Service
components|

* Central
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* North
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Direct reporting
units|

* Second Army
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Field armies|

* First
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Branches|

* Acquisition Corps
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Installations|

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Training|

* Basic Training
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* MOS

Uniforms and
insignia|

* Awards and decorations
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* Branch
* Officer
* Warrant
* Enlisted
* World War I
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Equipment|

* Crew-served weapons
* Individual weapons
* Vehicles

Premier
ensembles|

* Army Band
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History and
traditions|

* History
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* Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra

Historical|

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* United States Army Hospital Corps
* U.S. Sanitary Commission
* 250th Anniversary Parade

* Category

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Legend
A = Army
MC = Marine Corps
N = Navy
AF = Air Force
SF = Space Force
CG = Coast Guard

Leadership|

* President of the United States
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Components|

| Military departments|

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* Secretary
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* Secretary
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* Secretary
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* Secretary

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Service branches
and heads|

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* Chief of Space Operations
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Reserve components|

* Reserves:
* A
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* N
* AF
* CG
* National Guard:
* A
* AF

Civilian auxiliaries|

* Military Auxiliary Radio System
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Unified combatant
command|

* Africa
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Structure|

* United States Code
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* Units:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Logistics
* Media
* Unit mottoes

Operations
and history|

* Budget
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History|

* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Timeline|

* Colonial
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Demographics|

* African Americans
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History centers|

* Army Center of Military History
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War artists|

* Army Art Program
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Personnel|

| Training|

* Service academies:
* A (prep)
* MC/N (prep)
* AF/SF (prep)
* CG
* Merchant Marine
* ROTC
* A
* MC/N
* AF/SF
* Officer candidate/training school:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF/SF
* Warrant officer:
* A
* MEPS
* ASVAB
* The Basic School (MC)
* Enlisted recruit training:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF/SF
* CG
* Other education

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Uniforms|

* Uniforms:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Awards & decorations:
* Inter-service
* A
* MC/N
* AF/SF
* CG
* Foreign
* International
* Devices
* Badges:
* Identification
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Ranks|

* Officer:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Warrant officers
* Enlisted:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Other|

* Oath:
* Enlistment
* Officer
* Creeds & Codes:
* Code of Conduct
* NCO
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG
* Service numbers:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG
* Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code
* Pay
* Uniform Code of Military Justice
* Judge Advocate General's Corps
* Military Health System/Tricare
* Separation
* Veterans Affairs
* Conscription
* Chiefs of Chaplains:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG

Equipment|

* A (Designations)
* MC:
* vehicles
* weapons
* other
* N
* AF
* CG

| Land|

* Individual weapons
* Crew-served weapons
* Vehicles (active)

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Sea|

* All watercraft
* Ships:
* A
* N
* active
* future
* AF
* CG
* MSC
* Weapons:
* N
* Reactors

Air|

* Aircraft
* World War I
* active
* future
* Aircraft designation
* Helicopter arms

Other|

* WWII equipment
* Nuclear football
* Electronics (designations)
* Flags:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Ensign
* Jack
* Guidons
* Food
* WMDs:
* Nuclear
* Biological
* Chemical

* Category
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Navboxes
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

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