ARMY WARRANT OFFICER HISTORY "The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer"
Part V - 2015 - Present
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2015
On January 3, 2015,
the selection of CW5 Peter T. Panos to be the next Army National Guard
Command Chief Warrant Officer was announced. CW5 Panos comes to
the National Guard Bureau in the Army Directorate from the
Minnesota Army
National Guard.
On Januray 27, 2015, Army Directive
2015-07 (Unmasking of Army Officer Evaluation Reports) was issued by
Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh. Elimination of the masking
process for Officers and Warrant Officers is related to the Army moving
from fully qualified to best q\ualified selection boards. (see
Army
Directive 2015-07 for more details and information.)
On June 4, 2015, MILPER Message 15-166
announced the initial MOS 170A Warrant Officer Cyber Branch Voluntary
Transfer for active Army Warrants. (See
MILPER 15-166)
On June 10, 2015, the U.S. Army Instalation
Management Command issued a Memorandum announcing the Warrant Officers
in the grade of CW3 applying for housing willo compete for quarters in
the Field Grade category, and that CW5 applicants will compete for
Senior Officer quarters. All other policies relating to wait list
management and categories of housing remain unchanged. (see
Memorandum)
On June 11, 2015, the U.S. Department of
Defense announced the recovery of the remains of Chief Warrat Officers 3
James L. Phillips of Mattoon, Illinois and Rainer S. Ramos of Wiesbaden,
Germany who wose UIH-1C Iroquis (Huey) helicopter was shot down in Quang
Tin Province, In Vietnam on January 9, 1968. (see
Press Release)
On July 10, 2015, the Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division conducted a
retirement ceremony in honor of CW5 Jeanne Pace who retired from the
Army after 43 years of active service, the longest-serving active duty
female warrant officer in Army history. CW5 Pace enlisted in the Women’s
Army Corps in 1972 and she later became the first female band commander
in the active Army. As of her retirement date, CW5 Pace was the last
former member of the Women’s Army Corps on active duty, and her final
assignment was command of the 1st Cavalry Division Band.
On July 22, 2015, an
Order of the Eagle Rising Society
2014 Induction Ceremony was conducted at the Aviation Museum, Fort
Rucker, Alabama, for CW4 Benny R. McKee, USA Retired. Vice Admiral
Norb Ryan, USN Retired, President of the Military Officers Association
(MOAA) and Colonel Garry L. Thompson, Commandant of the U.S. Army
Warrant Officer Career College (WOCC) presented the Award. The
Order is based at the WOCC at Fort Rucker and is sponsored by the MOAA.
Pictured right, sitting from the left are Society members CW4 Don Hess,
CW4 Benny McKee, and standing from the left are CW5 Bill Walton, CW5 Bob
Huffman, and CW5 Bob Cooper, Society members attending the induction.
See MOAA Press Release. See
also Listing of Society members.
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