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Personal Narrative: My Personal Experiences Of A Warrant Officer

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That was one of the common mistakes I was always afraid to make as a warrant officer. Warrant officers would switch over, revert back to their comfort zone, and couldn’t let go of their noncommissioned officer roots. As a new warrant officer I hesitated for a while when I arrived to my first unit because I didn’t want to be that guy. You wouldn’t believe the way I was initially treated by the other Soldiers and NCO’s. Once the commander started to empower me and I started achieving results, that all eventually changed really quickly. I don’t think we should ever forget where we came from and our NCO lessons learned. I do believe there is a different way, time, and place to deliver or apply leadership as a warrant officer. I once heard a young
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