§572 Warrant officers: original appointment; service credit

Summary

For promotion, the Secretary in charge of that military service can give people first appointed as regular or reserve warrant officers credit for past service. But they cannot be given credit for more time than the actual active-duty time they served in that warrant officer grade, the matching pay grade, or any higher grade. If someone joins the regular force as a warrant officer and has advanced education, special training, or special experience, the Secretary must count that schooling or experience as time served for promotion. That only applies when the education, training, or experience is in a warrant officer field the Secretary names and directly meets the service’s operational needs.