That ground-up teaching will begin with the six-week Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Ala. “So, the first step is for me is to learn how to become a warrant officer, then I’ll learn how to fly helicopters.” “The difference between warrant officers and commissioned officers is a warrant officer is focused on their specific military specialty rather than on increased levels of leadership and command positions,” said the sergeant, who has no prior flying experience. While the application process is through for Sergeant Boutwell, the time investment is not. But, to see my dream come true - all the time invested in applying is going to be worth it.” “All said and done, it took nearly six months of taking various tests, filling out applications and getting recommendations. “I went to the Warrant Officer Recruiting page online, and started the application process from there,” said Sergeant Boutwell, who’s been in the Air Force three years, but also has four years prior enlisted service in the Army. Setting his sight on the goal, Sergeant Boutwell started researching on the Internet to see how he could make his dream reality. It made me want to focus on realizing my dream of sitting in the pilot’s seat of a helicopter.” “Being assigned to Moody and having the opportunity to see them fly here has been a huge influence on me. “I’ve always wanted to fly helicopters,” he said. He will also switch to a different rank structure since he was selected for his new job as an Army helicopter pilot through the Warrant Officer Recruitment program. Jason Boutwell, 347th Aeromedical Dental Squadron aerospace medical craftsman. military, however, isn’t the only thing that will be changing for Staff Sgt. Transferring into a different branch of the U.S. A Moody Airmen will soon swap his emergency medical equipment for flight gear when he transitions from blue to green.
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