Warrant Officer Ranks
| NATO Code |
Aus/US Code |
NAVY | ARMY | RAAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrant Officers | ||||
| OR-9 | E-9 | Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer |
| Warrant Officer Class 1 | ||||
| OR-8 | E-8 | — | Warrant Officer Class 2 | — |
Note that the most senior Warrant Officer in each of the three services is appointed either Warrant Officer of the Navy (WO-N), Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army (RSM-A), or Warrant Officer of the Air Force (WOFF-AF), as appropriate. These are appointments, not ranks; these three people hold the rank of Warrant Officer in their respective services. However, they each wear special insignia, different to the rank insignia worn by other Warrant Officers. Although the RAN and the RAAF have the one Warrant Officer rank, the army has three. The soldier appointed Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army (RSM-A) holds the unique Army rank of Warrant Officer (introduced in 1991 and senior to WO1). The Army rank of WO2 is the same pay grade as the RAN and the RAAF's most senior NCOs, (i.e. Chief Petty Officer and Flight Sergeant).
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