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Leaders Make Leaders: The Accelerated Warrant Officer Candidate School

By CW3 Suzy Albert, CW4 Mickey Dickerson, and CW4 John Anderson

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This article examines how the Accelerated Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort McClellan, Alabama, applies mission command principles within multidomain operations frameworks to develop warrant officer leaders through a compressed 26-day program.

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The Torchbearer’s Truth: Synthesizing Warrant Officer Functions for Decision Advantage

Warrant Officers are more than technical experts—they are integrators, honest brokers, and decision enablers. Using the 3R2C framework, this article shows how WOs translate complexity into command advantage across every echelon.

By CW3 Trevor A. Mayfield, Military Intelligence

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Internet Wars: Establishing a Cyber Force to Ensure National Security

Three Army Cyber warrant officers argue for a dedicated Cyber Force, modeled on Space Force, housed within the Army, with a Cyber Force Intelligence Agency, to unify fragmented cyber operations and counter persistent Chinese and Russian threats.

By CW3 Jeff B. Newsome, CW3 Travis M. Whitesel & CW3 Edward J. Hennessy

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Saving Talent While Improving Lethality and Readiness

Integrating Individual Mobilization Augmentee aviators into active-duty combat aviation brigades preserves hard‑won expertise, boosts readiness, and strengthens lethality while eliminating redundant reserve aviation structures under Army transformati...

By CW3(P) Viktor Pejic

A historical map of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines showing key locations, military camps, train stations, mountains, and prisoners of war camps during the Battle of Bataan in World War II.

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Walking the Ground of the Battle of Bataan & the Connections to Balikatan

A U.S. Army officer reflects on the Battle of Bataan, the Death March legacy, and its enduring connection to the annual U.S.-Philippines Balikatan exercise, drawing leadership lessons from shared sacrifice.

By MAJ Teresa M Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Remaining Relevant on the Ever-Changing Battlefield
A profile of CW5 Yolondria Dixon-Carter (ret.), the first female Chief Warrant Officer of the Army, examining her leadership presence, commitment to developing others, and stewardship of the Warrant Officer cohort over 36 years of service.

By WO1 Marianna Feliciano
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), A Delicious Misconception
This article argues that the Department of War should rescind its prohibition on monosodium glutamate in DoD Manual 1338.10, presenting scientific evidence and FDA regulatory findings to support integrating MSG into military food service operations.

By Silvestre Arroyo, CW3, Food Service Technician
Decision Dominance at Risk: The Cross-Domain Assumption NGC2 Cannot Afford to Get Wrong
The Army's Next-Generation Command and Control architecture assumes data flows freely across classification domains. It does not. Cross-domain solution bottlenecks — documented across two decades of geospatial operations and now confirmed in live cor...

By CW4 Joshua Jobe
Husky’s Hidden Hand: A Compass for Change Agency and Subject Matter Expertise in Large Scale Combat Operations
Dr. Jeremy Howard draws on Operation Husky's 1943 intelligence and command failures to argue that Army Warrant Officers — as technical experts and innovative integrators — are uniquely positioned to prevent similar gaps in future Large Scale Combat O...

By Dr. Jeremy D. Howard, Ed.D., Air Defense Artillery Branch
The Consequences of Forgetting the Lessons Learned During Counter-Insurgency Operations of the Global War on Terrorism
CW3 David Benson warns that as the Army refocuses on Large Scale Combat Operations against peer threats, it risks discarding hard-won COIN lessons from the Global War on Terrorism — and proposes frameworks to preserve both doctrinal capabilities simu...

By CW3 David L. Benson, U.S. Army
The Advisor’s Edge: Why EI is the Warrant Officer’s True Force Multiplier
Warrant Officers leverage emotional intelligence—self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship management—to translate commander intent, influence without authority, and strengthen Army readiness, retention, and unit cohesion.

By CW4 Damion L Lewis
Systems Thinking Leadership
Army Aviation mishaps keep rising—but what if the real issue isn’t pilots or procedures? What if the system itself is generating the failures? A systems‑thinking lens reveals hidden loops, leverage points, and the structural traps leaders often overl...

By CW4 Ethan Jacobs
‌Designating the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) as an Operational Domain
Argues for designating the electromagnetic spectrum as an independent military domain, distinct from cyberspace, to improve electronic warfare strategy, command and control, and operational effectiveness.

By CW2 Jeff B. Newsome and CW2 Travis M. Whitesel
It Takes TWOS: It's Time for Another Total Warrant Officer Study
Forty years after the Total Warrant Officer Study reshaped the force, Army transformation and new survey data signal the need to reassess Warrant Officer roles, utilization, and professional development to strengthen readiness for the next generation...

By CW4 Jody Herr
‌Commandant’s Corner
Col. McHugh highlights USAWOCC's commitment to transforming warrant officer PME, previews the FY27 Warrant Officer Master Course under ASEP, and urges continued innovation aligned with Army University.

By Colonel Kevin E. McHugh, Commandant, USAWOCC
Designed Lethality: Weaponizing the Data Science Technician
The Army's journal by warrant officers for the benefit of the U.S. Army and our partners.

By CW4 Stephen Andre, Military Intelligence
‌Car Counting: Gambling with OPSEC
our enemy does not need a spy inside the wire. They need a subscription and a satellite. Right now, foreign intelligence services can purchase commercial imagery sharp enough to count vehicles in a Pentagon parking lot, identify them by make and mode...

By Joseph Denny, Military Intelligence
Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines
The Warrant Officer Journal invites submissions on Army modernization, doctrine, and battlefield technology — and challenges writers to show how Warrant Officers can directly increase lethality and capability on the future fight.

By US Army Warrant Officer Career College
Call For Papers
The Warrant Officer Journal seeks submissions on WO education modernization, systems innovation, LSCO, and military affairs revolution — with upcoming issues themed around the Korean War, Vietnam, data literacy, and lessons learned.

By US Army Warrant Officer Career College
Strengthening Information Warfare Capability and Capacity:: The Case for Information Operations Warrant Officers in the U.S. Army
CW4 Bryant proposes establishing Information Operations Warrant Officers in the Army, arguing dedicated IOWOs would fill critical expertise gaps beyond FA30 officers and strengthen information advantage across multidomain operations.

By CW4 William Bryant, Special Forces