* Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer, the senior warrant officer of the Royal Air Force

* Warrant Officer ( United States ), ( grade W-1 to W-5 ) is ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 ( NATO: OF-1 )

* Warrant Officer Basic Course, technical training a new US Army Warrant Officer receives after warrant officer candidate school

* Warrant Officer of the Navy, the most senior non commissioned officer rank in the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN )

* Warrant Officer, an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer

Warrant officer is a rank between flight sergeant and pilot officer in the Royal Air Force.

Warrant officers were first admitted to SAMS in the 2010 – 2011 class, including its highest ranking warrant officer graduate, CW5 John Robinson.

* a non-commissioned officer usually with the rank of staff sergeant or Warrant Officer Class 1 in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army, an appointment achieved upon completion of a 14-month technical course.

Like most Commonwealth forces, the RSM in the Australian Army is the senior warrant officer of the regiment or battalion, normally a Warrant Officer Class 1 ( WO1 ).

In addition, the senior warrant officer in the Australian Army holds the unique rank of Warrant Officer ( introduced in 1991 and senior to WO1 ) and the appointment of Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army ( RSM-A ).

* in the presence of another warrant officer ; however even under these circumstances, the RSM is treated as the Senior Warrant Officer of the unit while the other warrant officers are recognised as officers.

When addressing a male superior ( e. g. Officer or Warrant Officer, but not usually a non-commissioned officer, in the military ), " sir " is used as a short form of address.

* Master chief warrant officer ( formerly level 1 )— e. g. Master Chief Warrant Officer of the South African National Defence Force.

* Senior chief warrant officer ( formerly level 2 )— e. g. Senior Chief Warrant Officer of the South African Army.

* Warrant officer class one

* Warrant officer class two

* Warrant officer ( when followed by a numerical designation of rank )

In 2008, however, Prime Minister Gordon Brown devolved the appointment of all the Regius Professorships onto appointments committees at their respective universities ; the Vice-Chancellor is now required to forward the name of the successful candidate, who must have accepted the offer of the post, to the Cabinet Office, which then initiates the recommendation by the Prime Minister and the issuing of the Royal Warrant.

* SAF Warrant Officer School, a Singapore Armed Forces training school within the Pasir Laba Camp complex for Master Sergeants

Founded in 1803 by act of Royal Warrant dating from 1801, the school was until 1892 called the Royal Military Asylum.

The Board of Finance is one of a variety of names ( Budget Committee, Finance Committee, Ways and Means Committee, Appropriations Committee, Advisory Committee, or Warrant Committee are used in different parts of New England ) for a body that reviews local government budgets in towns or school districts that have the town meeting form of government.

Aviation branched warrant officers remain at Fort Rucker to complete flight training and the Aviation Warrant Officer Basic Course.

But after Nov. 21, 1942, all enlisted graduates were appointed as Flight Officers equal to the then existing rank of Warrant Officer Junior Grade ( WO 1 ) upon completing advanced glider training.

If the Marine NCO is selected, he or she is given additional leadership and management training during the Warrant Officer Basic Course.

APTC Warrant Officers Class 1 fill the role at brigade HQs, while Warrant Officer Class 2 or staff sergeant physical training instructors are embedded at unit level.

After a series of transfers through operational training units, as a Warrant Officer ( second class ), he joined Flying Officer Art de Breyne's crew as the mid-upper gunner in 419 " Moose " Squadron, based at RAF Middleton St. George, Yorkshire.

Further professional training is delivered at MOD Southwick Park, or through territorial police forces and is required for later advancement to Petty Officer or Sergeant, Master at Arms ( MAA ) or Colour Sergeant or Warrant Officer Class 1.

The Non-Commissioned Officer insignia are the same up until Warrant Officer ranks, where they are stylised for Australia ( for example, using the Australian, rather than the British coat of arms ).

* 1504 – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel ( Capilla Real ) to be built.

* Warrant ( philosophy ), a proper justification for holding a belief

* Warrant of Precedence for Pakistan, Pakistan protocol for officials seating at government functions

* Warrant for Genocide, a non-fiction book about a fraudulent anti-Semitic text

The insignia of the three ranks are: a crown for a WO2 ; the ( Australian ) Commonwealth Coat of Arms ( changed from the Royal Coat of Arms in 1976 ) for a WO1 ; and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms surrounded by a laurel wreath for the Warrant Officer.

Sousa served in the U. S. Marine Corps, first from 1868 to 1875 as an apprentice musician, and then as the head of the Marine Band from 1880 to 1892 ; he was a Sergeant Major for most of his second period of Marine service and was a Warrant Officer at the time he resigned.

Also, as a result of a downed Blackhawk air assault helicopter, Warrant Officer-Pilot Michael J. Durant from 160th SOAR was held captive for 11 days.

New NCOs and Warrant Officers are also sent on courses at Brecon when they come up for promotion.

* Erik Turner ( born 1964 ), guitarist for the American band Warrant

Due to the combined nature of the Canadian Forces, however, it is not impossible for an air force Chief Warrant Officer or a naval Chief Petty Officer 1st Class ( CPO1 ) to rise to that post, especially in units with a high number of support trades personnel ; examples might include a Logistics Branch CPO1 being appointed RSM of a service battalion, or an air force Communications and Electronics Branch CWO appointed to the position in a Communication Regiment.

In the Royal Marines, Regimental Sergeant Major was an actual rank ( and equivalent to Warrant Officer Class I in the Army ) until the Royal Marines themselves re-adopted the ranks of Warrant Officer Classes I and II in 1973 ( although the term continued to be used interchangeably for Warrant Officers Class I until at least 1981 ).

It was responsible for policies including the European Arrest Warrant.

* After 1948, the Brigade of Gurkhas ( part of the British Army ) was formed and adopted standard British Army rank structure and nomenclature, except for the three Viceroy Commission ranks between Warrant Officer 1 and Second Lieutenant ( jemadar, subedar and subedar major ) which remained, albeit with different rank titles Lieutenant ( Queens Gurkha Officer ), Captain ( QGO ) and Major ( QGO ).

In 1860, control of the Company moved from the Home Office to the War Office and in 1889 a Royal Warrant gave the Secretary of State for War control of the Company ’ s military affairs.

The Crown dependency of the Isle of Man was granted a red ensign, with the three legs of Man in the central fly, for use by ships registered through the island, by Royal Warrant dated 27 August 1971.