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A Warrant Officer is a rank within the US and many other armed forces that is between the rank of a Non-Commissioned Officer (which is any of the sergeant or chief ranks) and an Officer (such as Ensign or 2nd Lieutenant)

The rank of Warrant Officer was created so that individuals with certain technical specialties could be placed in a higher grade than the enlisted, but yet not have all the responsibilities of an Officer. For example during Viet Nam, many helicopter pilots were Warrant Officers. Today, many of the Army's helicopter pilots are Warrant Officers.

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