Editing Warrant officer (section)

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In 1973, warrant officers reappeared in the [[Royal Navy]], but these appointments followed the army model, with the new warrant officers being ratings rather than officers. They were initially known as [[fleet chief petty officer]]s (FCPOs), but were renamed warrant officers in the 1980s. They rank with warrant officers class one in the [[British Army]] and [[Royal Marines]] and with warrant officers in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="WarrantHistory"/>

There are executive warrant officers for commands and ships.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Executive Warrant Officer |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval+Publications/BR+2/brd2book/ch23.pdf |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] |date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235001/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval%20Publications/BR%202/brd2book/ch23.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> Five branches (surface ships, submarines, Royal Marines, [[Fleet Air Arm]], and [[Maritime Reserve (United Kingdom)|Maritime Reserves]]) each have a command warrant officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Command Warrant Officer (Cwo) |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval+Publications/BR+2/brd2book/ch20.pdf |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] |date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221428/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Reference-Library/~/media/Files/Navy-PDFs/News-and-Events/Naval%20Publications/BR%202/brd2book/ch20.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> The senior RN WO is the [[Warrant Officer of the Royal Navy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Warrant Officer in a class of his own |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/April/24/130424-Warrant-Officer-First-Class-in-a-class-of-his-own |date=24 April 2013 |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Base Warrant Officer at Culdrose |url=http://www.fleetairarmoa.org/news/new-base-warrant-officer-at-culdrose |publisher=Fleet Air Arm Officers Association |date=2 October 2013}}</ref> Under the Navy Command Transformation Programme, there are now a [[Fleet Commander]]'s Warrant Officer and a [[Second Sea Lord]]'s Warrant Officer, all working with the [[Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy]], taking over the roles of the Command Warrant Officers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://docplayer.net/185112612-The-semaphore-circular.html |title=The Semaphore Circular May 2020 |date=1 May 2020 |publisher=[[Royal Naval Association]] |access-date=18 July 2020 |quote=Our source was the Fleet Commander's Warrant Officer, a newly created post and itself part of the Navy Command Transformation programme. WO Mick Turnbull works alongside the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service as well as First and Second Sea Lords WOs. This is a change from the former situation where each fighting arm (Surface Ships, Submarines, Royal Marines, Reserves and Fleet Air Arm) had its own WO. It is one part of a shift to a whole naval force focus }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/images/navynews/archivepdfs/2020s/2020/navy-news-march-2020-issue-788.pdf |title=Navy News March 2020 |date=1 March 2020 |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] |access-date=18 July 2020 |quote=Helping to deliver transformation is the new Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, WO1 Carl 'Speedy' Steedman. He will be working with the holders of two brand new positions; Second Sea Lord's Warrant Officer, WO1 Ian Wilson and Fleet Commander's Warrant Officer, WO1 Mick Turnbull, together with the RM Corps RSM, WO1 Dave Mason.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/command_warrant_officers#incoming-1623567 |title=Command Warrant Officers |date=18 August 2020 |publisher=Navy Command Secretariat |via=[[WhatDoTheyKnow]] |access-date=22 August 2020 }}</ref>

In 2004, the rank of warrant officer class 2 was introduced. However, the rank was phased out in April 2014,<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Single rate for warrant officers |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/images/navynews/archivepdfs/2010s/2014/navy-news-january-2014-issue-714.pdf |magazine=201401 Navy News Jan 14 |page=35 |access-date=29 February 2020 |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] }}</ref> but is being reinstated for non-technical and technical branches of the Royal Navy in 2021.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=WO1MickTurnbull |number=1356635634094473219 |title=Good afternoon the WO2 rank was kept in Service for the Royal Marines and Submariner engineers. However as part of Royal Navy Transformation the WO2 Rank has now been introduced across the Service. The first recipients were notified on 18 Jan 21 and others have now been selected.}}</ref>