Warrant Officer
Warrant Officers are senior technical specialist officers that have been promoted up through the enlisted ranks of their military branch and serve as senior leaders in their field of specialty.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
| Warrant Officer Ranks | |
|---|---|
| Warrant Officers: Imperial Navy | |
| E9 » Master Chief Petty Officer (W2) | |
| E8 » Senior Chief Petty Officer (W1) | |
| Warrant Officers: Imperial Star Marines | |
| E9 » Chief Master Sergeant (W2) | |
| * » » Appointment: Chief Master Gunnery Sergeant | |
| * » » Appointment: Regimental Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » Senior Master Sergeant (W1) | |
| * » » Appointment: Master Gunnery Sergeant | |
| * » » Appointment: First Sergeant | |
| Warrant Officers: Imperial Army (GFC) | |
| E9 » Chief Master Sergeant (W2) | |
| * » » Appointment: Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » Senior Master Sergeant (W1) | |
| * » » Appointment: First Sergeant | |
| Warrant Officers: Imperial Army (COACC) | |
| E9 » Chief Master Flight Sergeant (W2) | |
| * » » Appointment: Flight Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » Master Flight Sergeant (W1) | |
| Warrant Officers: Imperial Army (NFC) | |
| E9 » Master Chief Petty Officer (W2) | |
| E8 » Senior Chief Petty Officer (W1) | |
Warrant Officers are senior technical specialist officers that have been promoted up through the enlisted ranks of their military branch and serve as senior leaders in their field of specialty. While Warrant Officers have historically been represented by both senior non-commissioned Warrant Officer specialists as well as ranks overlapping junior commissioned subaltern officers as "Commissioned Warrant Officers", the equivalents in the Imperial Armed Forces are represented primarily by the former, overlapping the two seniormost grades of Non-Commissioned Officer in grades E8 and E9, though this is not always necessarily the case in provincial and colonial military forces, nor has it always necessarily been true of the Imperial Armed Forces historically.
The Senior Non-Commissioned Officer grades that are typically regarded as Warrant Officers in the Imperial Armed Forces are listed below.
The equivalent ranks in the Imperial Navy are:
The equivalent ranks in the Imperial Marines are:
- Chief Master Sergeant (including Sergeant Major and Chief Master Gunnery Sergeant)
- Senior Master Sergeant (including First Sergeant and Master Gunnery Sergeant)
The equivalent ranks in the Imperial Army are:
- » In the Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command »
- » In the Ground Force Command »
- Chief Master Sergeant (including Sergeant Major)
- Senior Master Sergeant (including First Sergeant)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The concept of the Warrant Officer had its genesis in the origins of formal ancient pre-spaceflight "Wet-Navies". When the first proper navies were formed by taking up maritime vessels and sailors from trade, those officers who were the senior professionals in terms of the maritime trade (initially the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain (or "Bosun"), and Purser, but later including the Gunner, Surgeon, and Chaplain as well) were elevated above their peers by a special Royal Warrant making their position "official" and became known as "Warrant Officers". These tradesmen were generally literate in order to maintain records, though still of common birth, and thus were of inferior dignity to those gentlemen who had received a Royal Commission to lead men into battle (namely a Captain and any subaltern officers, such as Lieutenants and Ensigns, etc.). These gentlemen were leaders of men and of war, but rarely had any experience with the details of handling a ship, however, and thus relied upon the Warrant Officers to take care of those details for them. Warrant Officers were thus technical specialists, and the lesser sailors they appointed to assist them with their duties, or "Petty Officers", became known as their "Mates" (e.g., the Master and Bosun, and the Master's Mate and Bosun's Mate, respectively, etc.). In this context, an officer was termed "petty" in order to distinguish him from a gentleman who held both his office and command by Royal Commission, or a Warrant Officer whose position required that his authority be recognized by elevation above his social peers by special Royal Warrant.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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