chief warrant officer

noun

, U.S. Military.

1. a warrant officer ranking immediately below a second lieutenant or ensign in the armed forces.

Example Sentences

But Lieutenant Taylor, along with his co-pilot, Chief Warrant Officer James Ratliff, was determined to extract the four soldiers from the jungle floor — despite coming under enemy gunfire, and even though the craft was running low on ammunition and fuel.

From New York Times

A 13th was made a chief warrant officer, resulting in the group’s nickname: “The Golden 13.”

From Los Angeles Times

Fort Rucker, home of a large Army aviation unit, is now Fort Novosel, named after Chief Warrant Officer Michael Novosel, a medevac helicopter pilot who flew 2,543 extraction missions, rescuing more than 5,500 seriously wounded soldiers, in Vietnam.

From Slate

“The decision to suspend an active search is never easy and is only made after exhaustive efforts to find the missing person,” said Chief Warrant Officer John Rose, the search coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach.

From Seattle Times

In 2019, I retired as a chief warrant officer in the Army Signal Corps.

From Washington Post