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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 947 

Expressing support for the designation of July 9 as ‘‘Warrant Officer Day’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2018 

Mrs. ROBY (for herself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 

BROOKS of Alabama, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. 

PALMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of July 9 as 

‘‘Warrant Officer Day’’. 

Whereas the Army Warrant Officer Corps was established on 

July 9, 1918, in the Army Mine Planter Service of the 

Coast Artillery, authorizing a total of 40 warrant officers 

to serve as masters, mates, chief engineers, and assistant 

engineers on each mine planting vessel; 

Whereas section 4a of An Act for making further and more 

effectual provision for the national defense, and for other 

purposes (Public Law 64–85; 39 Stat. 166), as amended 

by the Act of June 4, 1920 (Public Law 66–242; 41 

Stat. 759), provided for warrant officers to serve in clerical, administrative, and bandleader positions; 


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Whereas in 1926, Jen Doble and Olive Hoskins became the 

first two female soldiers appointed to the rank of warrant 

officer; 

Whereas in 1953, the inception of the Warrant Officer Flight 

Program led to the training of thousands of warrant officers who later became helicopter pilots during the Vietnam War; 

Whereas in 1954, the Warrant Officer Act of 1954 (Public 

Law 83–379; 68 Stat. 157) established warrant officer 

grades W–1 through W–4, and officially eliminated the 

Mine Planter Service; 

Whereas in 1972, the United States Army Warrant Officers 

Association was founded by chief warrant officer, W–4 

Donald Hess; 

Whereas in 1985, the United States Army Warrant Officers 

Association became a founding member of the Military 

Coalition, a consortium of more than 30 military and veterans service organizations, now representing more than 

5,500,000 current and former members of the Armed 

Forces, veterans, and their families and survivors; 

Whereas the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 

(Public Law 99–145; 99 Stat. 583) amended title 10, 

United States Code, to provide that ‘‘Permanent appointments of regular chief warrant officers shall be made by 

commission by the President.’’; 

Whereas the Warrant Officer Management Act (title XI of 

Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1290) established, 

among other matters, the rank of chief warrant officer, 

W–5; 

Whereas beginning in 1999, the Secretary of Defense has developed a team of Senior Warrant Officer Leaders across 


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all components of the Army, represented today by the 

Army Senior Warrant Officer Council, which reports to 

the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and whose primary 

mission is to address relevant issues concerning systems, 

policies, and programs of the Army designed to produce 

ready and relevant warrant officers; 

Whereas in 2004, the Warrant Officer Corps was formally integrated into, and as a cohort of, the larger Army Officer 

Corps; 

Whereas warrant officers have long been referred to as the 

‘‘Guardians of the Army’s Technology’’; 

Whereas today a warrant officer is a self-aware and adaptive 

technical expert, combat leader, trainer, and advisor at 

progressively higher leadership tables, throughout a successful career; and 

Whereas, on July 9, 2018, warrant officers of the Army will 

celebrate a century of service to the Army: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of a ‘‘Warrant Of3 ficer Day’’; and 

4 (2) honors and recognizes the contributions of 

5 all warrant officers of the Army, past, present, and 

6 future. 

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