newguy2445:

its confusing because he has warrant officer for both navy and marine as well as heaps of others

i think that maybe the warrant officer you found is a navy one(ship one) not marine corps.

the navy one has been found pg 43 first strike the marine one hasn't

 

Sorry, but I can't find my copy of First Strike".

Is that Warrant Officer a pilot, by any chance?

If he is, that would explain why he's a WO.

They're NCM's that started their career as pilots.

Officer pilots had to go to Officer Candidate School before they got their commissions, and then they had to go to flight school, whereas Warrant Officers only had to pass flight school.

As an aside, the Navy does not have Warrant Officers, but the Marines do, as does the Army, and Air Force.

Here's a link to the Army page on Warrant Officer ranks.

http://www.army.mil/symbols/Warrantdescription.html

And one to a photo of a USMC CWO3.

Note the insignia on his collars, it's the same as for the Army.

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005107131536

Later.