how many years can a warrant officer serve
Officers have separate pay grades, O-1E through O-3E, for those who start their commissioned service after at least four years of enlisted service. The military has a W-1 paygrade for warrant officers, but all Navy warrants start their commissioned career at W-2. A chief with 12 years of active duty who gets picked up for warrant will receive a monthly base pay increase of $642. All this translates to much more money at retirement, too. As an E-6, a sailor can only stay for 20 years and as a chief, 24 years. But when you switch to officer, you can serve longer â for huge retirement benefits. For example, an E-6 who stays in and retires as an E-8 at 26 years â the longest he can stay on active duty â would get about $3,313 each month in retirement pay.