IV 
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 cler-
ical, 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 offi-
cers who later became helicopter pilots during the Viet-
nam 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 vet-
erans 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 appoint-
ments 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 de-
veloped 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 in-
tegrated 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 suc-
cessful career; and 
Whereas, on July 9, 2018, warrant officers of the Army will 
celebrate a century of service to the Army: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘Warrant Of-
ficer Day’’; and 
(2) honors and recognizes the contributions of 
all warrant officers of the Army, past, present, and 
future. 
Æ 
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