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Originally Posted by chico20854
One thought I have on the Warrant Officers - first term soldiers. I believe that, in reality if not in regulation, that its pretty much impossible for a first term soldier to become a US Army warrant officer in any field outside aviation.
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Actually, if you have a peculiar specialty the Army wants but doesn't warrant (pardon the pun) a full commission, they can give someone a warrant commission instead. One of our computer specialists in Korea, an, er, rehabilitated hacker, was given a CWO2 commission directly when he went into the Army. But you're right, these are rare.
Warrant officers that are directly commissioned tend to have not regular college, but are graduates of technical-orientated non-universities. I've heard (but never met) of graduates of places like Hallmark or ITT going in as warrant officers.
Supposedly, Delta's "funny platoon" has some Warrants with interesting specialties. Of course, this sort of thing is impossible to confirm (as is the existence of the funny platoon itself...)