LEADER DEVELOPMENT FOR AMERICA'S ARMY

Figure 10. Warrant Officer Leader Development Model
WOMA modernizes previously outdated warrant officer management laws and more closely aligns the warrant officer
management system with the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA). WOMA only applies to active
duty list (ADL) warrant officers and RC warrant officers on concurrent active duty. The new grade of CW5 applies to
both Active and RC warrant officers. Highlights of WOMA are:
.. establishes a single promotion system for ADL warrant officers, eliminating separate regular Army and Army of
the United States promotion systems.
.. establishes a new warrant officer grade of CW5. Eventually, MW4 will disappear as they are promoted to CW5 or
retire.
.. allows for management/retirement of ADL warrant officers based on years of warrant officer service. Allows
CW5s the opportunity to serve on active duty for 30 years in warrant officer service.
.. allows the Secretary of the Army to convene selective early retirement boards and selective retention boards for
warrant officers.
Institutional Training and Education The Warrant Officer Education System (WOES) is the cornerstone of institutional
training and education for Army warrant officers. WOES is a five–level progressive and sequential training, education,
and certification system. Five leader development training courses comprise the Warrant Officer Education System:
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