Additional Eligibility Requirements for Non-Army Personnel

• Army General Technical (GT) score of 110 or higher. The GT portion of the ASVAB test must be converted to an Army GT score.

• Approved conditional release: This is a memorandum granting approval of separation contingent upon selection into the warrant officer program. Approval authority for each service is listed below:
  • Navy: COMNAVPERSCOM, 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055
  • Air Force: Hqs Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150
  • Marines: Hqs, USMC, Manpower & Reserve Affairs (MMSR 3), 3280 Russell Rd., Quantico, VA 22134-5103
  • Coast Guard: US Dept of Trans, 2100 Second Street S.W. Washington DC 20593

• Army 3-event physical fitness test (APFT): push-ups, sit-ups, and 2 mile run administered by an Army E7 or above. Check with a nearby Army installation or the local Army recruiting office for someone to administer the test. The APFT score is valid for 6 months but should not be close to expiration when forwarding the packet. Results must be recorded on DA Form 705, signed by an Army E7 or above, and included in the packet. If you pass the APFT to standard, you should not have trouble passing this event while attending the Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS).

• Personnel data record equivalent of the Army Enlisted Record Brief (ERB). Equivalent forms are listed below:
  • Navy: Personnel data record pages 1, 4, and 5
  • Air Force: RIP pages 1 - 11
  • Marines: Master Brief Sheet (MBS) (Usually only 1 page)
  • Coast Guard: Personnel data record pages 1, 3, 4, and 5

• Official Military Personnel File. As a minimum, this file contains your enlistment and reenlistment documents, awards, evaluations, training certificates, and promotion orders. If your personnel records are not on microfiche, then a hard copy of these documents are sufficient. Documents missing from your record should be provided in hard copy. It is your responsibility to ensure your records are accurate and current.

• An applicant can now apply with 15 months remaining on his or her current active duty enlistment.

Selection

Those selected for the Warrant Officer Program will be notified by Department of the Army (DA) about 90 days after the board adjourns. DA establishes a reporting date to Ft Rucker, AL based upon MOS requirements. Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) will then publish your orders with authorized travel time to Ft Rucker. Upon arrival, you will be given your basic issue and time to resolve any military related problems, i.e. pay, uniform, etc. You will be paid as an E5, or your current pay grade if higher, and begin wearing the WOC brass. (Please see page on Information on Discharge from Current Service and Enlistment into the Army).

Selectees will attend the six week, four day Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) similar to basic training or boot camp. This course is designed to evaluate leadership and management skills. Soldiers will be appointed as a Warrant Officer One (WO1) upon successful completion of WOCS. Soldiers who fail to successfully complete WOCS will serve the remainder of their four-year enlistment based upon the needs of the Army. All Warrant Officers have an initial obligation of six years, which will be served on active duty as an Army Reserve Officer. Warrant Officers remain on active duty in the Army Reserve until promotion to CW3, normally between the seventh and eighth year of warrant officer service. Upon promotion to CW3, the Warrant Officer is integrated into the Regular Army.

NOTE: During the Discharge and Enlistment process, you must ensure that you arrange to enlist into the Army the next day after separation from your parent service. If you have a day or more break in service, or if you enlist on the same day as separation, you will not receive your correct pay and allowances until this discrepancy is corrected. The process of correcting this discrepancy could take 3-6 months.

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