Warrant Officer Professional Development Courses

Warrant Officer Career College - Warrant Officer Professional Development

Courses

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Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS)

The mission of the Warrant Officer Candidate School is to educate, train, and inspire candidates

so that each graduate is an officer who is a leader of character committed to doing what is right

legally, morally, and ethically both on or off duty. An officer who is committed to professional

growth through life-long learning; and who embraces the requirements of selfless service to

subordinates, superiors, our Nation, and the Constitution. Training, Advising, and Counseling

(TAC) Officers along with academic instructors prepare, coach, teach, mentor, train, advise plus

counsel candidates, preparing them to assume responsibilities of a U.S. Army officer

Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC)

The purpose of the Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) to certify warrant officers as

technically and tactically competent to serve as warrant officers in a designated specialty.

WOBC is the first major test a newly appointed officer must pass to continue serving in the

Army as a warrant officer, as W01 appointments and award of a Warrant Officer MOS are

contingent upon successfully completing WOBC.

WOBC prepares newly appointed officers for their first duty assignments and all subsequent

assignments as W01s/CW2s. This course is proponent (branch) developed and administered to

all warrant officers upon completion of Warrant Officer Candidate School. The primary focus of

WOBC is MOS specific, augmented with common-core subjects. The common-core subjects are

designated by a Task Site Selection Board and monitored by the Warrant Officer Career College.

Warrant Officer Advanced Course (WOAC) – for CW2’s

The Warrant Officer Advanced Course (WOAC) focuses on advanced technical training and

common leader development subjects designed to prepare officers for assignment in CW3 level

positions. The WOAC consists of non-resident and resident training.

This course is proponent developed and administered. The basic focus is to provide progressive

technical training augmented by progressive common-core leader development training.

Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education (WOILE) – for CW3’s

The Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education (WOILE) is a resident 5-week, MOS-

immaterial, professional military education course preceded by a DL phase. The WOILE

provides CW3s with the intermediate level education and influential leadership skills necessary

to integrate their technical expertise in support of leaders as staff officers, trainers, managers,

systems integrators, and leaders at the tactical and operational levels of Army, Joint, Interagency,

Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) organizations executing Unified Land Operations

thru Decisive Action.

Warrant Officer Senior Service Education Course (WOSSE) – For CW4’s