The steps below provide guidance on how to use this web site to determine eligibility and if eligible, how to submit an application. Review the steps below and explore all of the pages in this web site to determine if you are eligible for any WOMOS before beginning an application. For Non Army personnel, please visit the homepage and click the Non Army Mosaic link for your specific WOMOS feeders.
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS:
- Army GT Score of 110. (No Waivers)
- US Citizenship. (No Waivers)
- High school graduate or have a GED. (No Waivers)
- FINAL Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance. Interim clearances will not satisfy the requirement. (No Waivers)
- Must meet height/weight standards.
- Effective 01 April 2023, applicants are required to include the following fitness statement in block 41 of the DA Form 61:
“I certify that (applicant’s name) successfully passed the Army Combat Fitness Test, maximum dead lift (MDL), standing power throw (SPT), hand-release push-up (HRP), sprint/drag/carry (SDC), plank (PLK), and 2-mile run (2MR) with (score), on (date). The verified height was (inches) and verified weight was (lbs). (Applicant’s name) is within body fat standard according to AR 600-9.”
Applicants' must pass the standard 6 event ACFT without any restrictions or alternate events.
First level UCMJ authority signature in block 41 of the DA Form 61 is required.
- Pass the Commissioning Physical for Technicians and/or the Class 1 (Warrant Officer Candidate) Flight Physical for Aviators. All Physicals must have been initiated within the last 6 months at the time of application submission.
- All applicants must have 12 months remaining on their enlistment contract.
- Active Federal Service (AFS): Aspiring Technicians must not have exceeded 12 years of AFS as of the date the DA Form 61 (Application of Appointment) is signed by the applicant. Aspiring Aviators must have not exceeded 8 years of AFS as of the date the DA Form 61 (Application of Appointment) is signed by the applicant.
- Age Requirements: Aspiring Technicians must be at least 18 years of age and not more than 46 years of age on the effective date of initial appointment to WO1. Aspiring Aviators must be older than 18, but not more than 33 years at the convening of an Warrant Officer Selection Board. (Waivers are allowed)
- Applicants must include waiver requests for Age, AFS, Conduct and Medical as part of their application packet.
WHERE DO I BEGIN:
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Determine the Warrant Officer (WO) Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) for which you might be qualified. The most common MOS that personnel from other services are eligible to apply for is 153A (Aviator) because this MOS requires no prior skills or training. For this MOS you must not have reached your 33rd birthday at the time of board convening (or request a waiver) and have 20/50 distant visual acuity, correctable with spectacles to 20/20, also note there is an Aeromedical refractive error exception to policy (LASIK/PRK information). All other Warrant Officer (WO) Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) require you to be at least pay grade E5 or higher with 4-6 years experience in a skill that is closely associated with a WOMOS. Review the Prerequisites and Duty Descriptions part of this web site to determine if you are doing very similar work to one of the WOMOSs.
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To apply for any WOMOS you must meet the minimum prerequisites or ask for a prerequisite waiver. You must submit a separate waiver for each prerequisite you do not meet. In your prerequisite waiver(s) you must explain how you obtained the equivalent knowledge or experience required by the prerequisite through training or experience in your service. You can gauge the training/experience required by a prerequisite by first reviewing the WOMOS duty description. If you have been doing very similar work as that described in the WOMOS duty description, then you probably have good justification for requesting a waiver. Approval is granted only if the Army proponent for that MOS feels you have the skills and experience that justify approving the waiver.
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The prime candidate for WO has 5 - 8 years of active federal service (AFS) and meets all other prerequisites. You can apply regardless of AFS but require a waiver if you have 12 years or more (Technicians) or not exceeded 8 years or more (Aviator) of AFS. The standard for approving an AFS waiver is more stringent than for a prerequisite waiver. The age limit for Technicians is 46 yrs old.
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If either of these two waivers apply - prerequisite or AFS - you must submit them with your application to determine if the waivers will be approved. You cannot submit the waiver first and wait for the outcome to determine if you should submit an application. If any of the waivers are not approved, then you are not qualified and your application will be returned.
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In addition to meeting the prerequisites for the WOMOS - or requesting a waiver, Non-Army personnel must complete the additional requirements described in the "Additional Requirements For Non-Army Personnel" section: http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant/WONonArmy.shtml.
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