Editing Warrant officer (section)

==== Singapore Armed Forces ====
In the [[Singapore Armed Forces]], warrant officers begin as third warrant officers (3WO), previously starting at the rank of second warrant officer, abbreviated differently as WO2 instead. This rank is given to former [[specialist (Singapore)|specialists]] who have attained the rank of [[master sergeant]] and have either gone through, or are about to go through the Warfighter Course at the Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School (SWAS) in the Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI). In order to be promoted to a second warrant officer (2WO) and above, they must have been selected for and graduated from the joint warrant officer course at the [[SAFWOS Leadership School]].<ref name=Singapore>{{cite web |publisher=[[MINDEF]] |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/maturing_saf/v11n01_history.html |title=History Snippets, 1992 – The SAF Warrant Officer School |date=7 January 2007 |access-date=19 March 2007 }}</ref> Warrant officers rank between specialists and commissioned officers. They ordinarily serve as battalion or brigade [[regimental sergeant major]]s. Many of them serve as instructors and subject-matter experts in various training establishments. Warrant officers are also seen on the various staffs headed by the respective specialist officers. There are six grades of warrant officer (3WO, 2WO, 1WO, MWO, SWO and CWO).

Warrant officers used to have their own mess. For smaller camps, this mess is combined with the officers' mess. Warrant officers have similar responsibilities to commissioned officers.

Warrant officers are usually addressed as {{lang|ms|encik}} ('mister' in Malay language) or as "warrant (surname)" or "{{lang|ms|encik}} (surname)".<ref name="Singapore" /> Exceptions to this are those who hold appointments. Warrant officers holding the appointment such as [[commanding officer]] (CO) and [[officer commanding]] (OC) are to be addressed as "sir" by [[Enlisted rank|other ranks]], and those holding [[sergeant major]] appointments such as regimental sergeant major (RSM), company sergeant major (CSM), formation sergeant major (FSM), institute sergeant major (ISM) and the Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) are to be addressed as "sergeant major" by other ranks. Also, all warrant officers holding the rank of chief warrant officer (CWO) are to be addressed as "sir" by other ranks. Since all warrant officers are non-commissioned officers, they are not saluted.

Although ceremonial swords are usually reserved for [[officer (armed forces)|commissioned officers]], warrant officers of the rank of master warrant officer (MWO) and above are presented with ceremonial swords, but continue to carry the [[pace stick]], with the sword sheathed during drills and parades.