Photo By Sgt. Mahlet Tesfaye | Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Williams, senior chief warrant officer adviser to the...... read more read more
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - This past summer on July 9, the United States Warrant Officers celebrated their 97th birthday. After nearly 100 years of Warrant Officers’ dedicated service to this grateful nation the Chief of Staff of the Army appointed Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Williams as the first Army senior chief warrant officer adviser “single voice” to the Army staff.
The Senior Warrant Office advisory position strictly focuses on warrant officers professional military education, life-cycle management of warrant officers, technical training, and proper leader development for nearly 27,000 warrant officers across the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Williams had the opportunity to visit senior leaders from the major Army commands on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston including U.S. Army South. His strategic message to the senior leaders was to tell the story on where the Army warrants officer’s cohort is heading.
During his meeting with Army South warrant officers and senior leaders Nov. 19, Williams stressed the importance of a strong relationship between warrant officers and their counterparts, noncommissioned officers and officers.
“Warrant officers are highly specialized officers,” said Williams. “They are self-aware and adaptive combat leaders, trainers, staff officers and advisers. Warrant officers are competent and confident warriors, innovative integrators of emerging technologies, dynamic teachers and developers of specialized teams of Soldiers.”
Williams also discussed the benefits of creating a senior chief warrant officer position at the command level to look after all warrant officers in the command.
“As long as the right person is selected for the position, I believe it will add value to your commander,” said Williams.
According to Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kelly Bonds, a logistics planer with Army South, the benefit of the update to warrant officers and senior leaders was priceless. As a result, Maj. Gen. K.K. Chinn, Army South’s commanding general, has decided to establish his own command/senior warrant officer advisory position in the near future.
“The position will have instant impact for Army South to have a single voice, warrant officer management, professional development, senior mentorship, warrant officer integration and a champion leading the way for the Strategic Plan 2025,” said Bonds.
Williams’ visit and his message was clear that the warrant officer cohort has come a long way, however, there is still much work to be done to achieve the strategic vision of 2025.
| Date Taken: | 11.19.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12.01.2015 15:48 |
| Story ID: | 183205 |
| Location: | FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, US |
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