Greater Responsibility My dad was a senior Non-commissioned Officer, and growing up, I could remember the jokes about Officers and the other branches of the military. By the time I arrived at Fort Huachuca in 2009, I had been in the U.S. Army for almost ten years and never really had an opportunity to work with Warrant Officers. Sure, I had work with two Warrant Officers for about one month in 2003, and one Warrant Officer in my advanced Korean class in 2005, but that was the extent of my interactions with Warrant Officers. With my childhood and lack of experience working with Warrant Officers, I had lumped them in with Officers and believed a good Non-commissioned Officer could lead a Warrant Officer. However, I would over the next few years
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I added more relevant training that was vital to Prophet operations. Also, I managed to coordinate and teach a double class. We were on resourced for one class. During this time, Chief Grandinetti kept trying to sell me on the idea of becoming a Warrant Officer. He was consistently telling me I had the capacity to serve at a higher level of responsibility than I was currently serving. He took time out of his day to take me to a Warrant Officer recruiting brief. When the slide came up with the qualities of a Warrant Officer, Chief Grandinetti told me I was all of them. I thought to myself those qualities are what make me a good Non-commissioned Officer.
After a year of Chief Grandinetti actively recruiting me to become a Warrant Officer, I began my packet. The packet is labor intensive. However, during the process, I found that other Warrants were willing to help and assist me with getting together the best packet I could. I was discovering the idea of becoming a Warrant probably the best route for me in the process. The final decision that pushed me to submit my packet was when Chief Grandinetti had to leave for school for two months. I had all the knowledge on the course that Chief Grandinetti possessed, if not more. I had sat in all the previous meetings, listening to Chief Grandinetti’s ideas being accepted by Officers in the room, but in his absence, the similar ideas submitted by me were being dismissed because I was a Non-commissioned Officer and not a
I added more relevant training that was vital to Prophet operations. Also, I managed to coordinate and teach a double class. We were on resourced for one class. During this time, Chief Grandinetti kept trying to sell me on the idea of becoming a Warrant Officer. He was consistently telling me I had the capacity to serve at a higher level of responsibility than I was currently serving. He took time out of his day to take me to a Warrant Officer recruiting brief. When the slide came up with the qualities of a Warrant Officer, Chief Grandinetti told me I was all of them. I thought to myself those qualities are what make me a good Non-commissioned Officer.
After a year of Chief Grandinetti actively recruiting me to become a Warrant Officer, I began my packet. The packet is labor intensive. However, during the process, I found that other Warrants were willing to help and assist me with getting together the best packet I could. I was discovering the idea of becoming a Warrant probably the best route for me in the process. The final decision that pushed me to submit my packet was when Chief Grandinetti had to leave for school for two months. I had all the knowledge on the course that Chief Grandinetti possessed, if not more. I had sat in all the previous meetings, listening to Chief Grandinetti’s ideas being accepted by Officers in the room, but in his absence, the similar ideas submitted by me were being dismissed because I was a Non-commissioned Officer and not a