Editing Warrant officer (section)

===Australia===
The [[Royal Australian Navy]] rank of warrant officer (WO) is the Navy's only rank appointed by warrant and is equivalent to the Army's WO1, and the RAAF's warrant officer. The most senior non-commissioned member of the Navy is the [[Warrant Officer of the Navy]] (WO-N), an appointment that is only held by one person at a time.<ref name="DefRegs" />

The [[Australian Army]] has two warrant officer ranks: warrant officer class two (WO2) and warrant officer class one (WO1), the latter being senior in rank. The equivalent rank of WO2 in the Navy is now [[chief petty officer]], and the RAAF equivalent of the Army's WO2 is now [[flight sergeant]], although in the past there were no equivalents. All warrant officers are addressed as "sir" or "ma'am" by subordinates. To gain the attention of a particular warrant officer in a group, they can be addressed as "Warrant Officer Bloggs, sir/ma'am" or by their appointment, e.g. "ASM Bloggs, sir/ma'am". Some warrant officers hold an appointment such as company sergeant major (WO2) or regimental sergeant major (WO1). The warrant officer appointed to the position of [[Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army (Australia)|Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army]] (RSM-A) is the most senior enlisted soldier in the Australian Army and differs from other Army warrant officers in that their rank is just warrant officer (WO). The appointment of RSM-A was introduced in 1983. The rank insignia are: a crown for a WO2 (or a crown in a square on AMCU (camouflage uniform) rank slides); the [[Coat of arms of Australia|Australian Commonwealth Coat of Arms]] (changed from the [[Coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Coat of Arms]] in 1976) for a WO1; and the Australian Commonwealth Coat of Arms surrounded by a laurel wreath for the RSM-A.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Australian Government Department of Defence]] |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/badges_of_rank.cfm |title=Australian Defence Force Badges of Rank and Special Insignia |access-date=19 March 2007 }}</ref><ref name="DefRegs">{{cite web |website=[[ComLaw]] |publisher=[[Office of Parliamentary Counsel (Australia)|Australian Office of Parliamentary Counsel]] |url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011C00152 |title=Defence Force Regulations 1952 |access-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref>

The [[Royal Australian Air Force]] rank of warrant officer (WOFF) is the RAAF's only rank appointed by warrant and is equivalent to both the Army's WO1 and the Navy's WO. The most senior non-commissioned member of the RAAF is the [[Warrant Officer of the Air Force]] (WOFF-AF), an appointment that is only held by one person at a time.<ref name="DefRegs" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!
| Navy
| Army
| Air Force
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! Insignia
| [[File:Royal_Australian_Navy_OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Australian_Army_OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Australia_RAAF_OR-9a.svg|50px]]
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! Title
| Warrant officer
| Warrant officer class 1
| Warrant officer
|-
!Abbreviation
| WO
| WO1
| WOFF
|}