SFC to CW2

[Ragnar]

Anyone here any rumors of a upcoming change where SFC will be pinned CW2 upon completion of WOCS? I’ve heard this rumor from two different people. 

[Mrhoodhimself07]

I have several buddies that have gone Warrant and they all have been promoted to WO1.

[Thedude]

Haven’t heard it for active duty. The guard has a process for qualified E7-E9s to be promoted to CW2 after WOBC but I have only seen that done for tech warrants. 

[mike0331]

Not sure about aviation, but on the Guard side SFCs with a certain amount of time in grade in a feeder MOS for a technical job will pin CW2 upon completion of WOBC. Captains in aviation with 2 years TIG can also pin direct to CW2 if converting. Never heard of this being the case for aviators. 

Remember that for aviation WOBC concludes with WOBC-B at the end of flight school, so you are pretty close to 2 years at that point anyway. I went to WOCS last April, so I'll hit 2 years before I graduate WOBC-B since I don't start IERW until later this month. Therefore my DOR will be effective my graduation from WOBC-B. 

[Puddles]

On 3/3/2020 at 10:32 AM, mike0331 said:

Not sure about aviation, but on the Guard side SFCs with a certain amount of time in grade in a feeder MOS for a technical job will pin CW2 upon completion of WOBC. Captains in aviation with 2 years TIG can also pin direct to CW2 if converting. Never heard of this being the case for aviators. 

Remember that for aviation WOBC concludes with WOBC-B at the end of flight school, so you are pretty close to 2 years at that point anyway. I went to WOCS last April, so I'll hit 2 years before I graduate WOBC-B since I don't start IERW until later this month. Therefore my DOR will be effective my graduation from WOBC-B. 

What has your timeline looked like?

[mike0331]

On 3/5/2020 at 6:36 PM, Puddles said:

What has your timeline looked like?

Selected March 2018, WOCS April 2019, IERW March 2020. I had a September IERW date but took a later date since we had a baby this fall. 

This isn't a good metric to go off of, as each state, flight school allocations, selected applicants waiting for school, etc, will vary. I know guard guys who were in IERW within 6 months of selection. Again, varies wildly.