CW4
Military abbreviation · US Army Rank
| Stands for | Chief Warrant Officer 4 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Military |
CW4 stands for Chief Warrant Officer 4, a US Army rank abbreviation.
Senior Army warrant officer grade, pay grade W-4, shown by a silver bar with four black squares. CW4s serve as senior technical advisers at brigade and higher, standardization pilots, aviation safety officers and senior maintenance or signal experts who shape policy for their field.
Example: The brigade aviation safety officer, CW4 Morales, reviewed every mishap report from the deployment.
Usage notes
Promotion is by centralized board, and the Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education course is part of the professional path to the grade. The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard equivalent is written CWO4.
Related abbreviations
More US Army rank abbreviations
- COL – Colonel (US Army)
- Cpl – Corporal (US Marine Corps)
- CPT – Captain (US Army)
- CSM – Command Sergeant Major (US Army)
- CW2 – Chief Warrant Officer 2
- CW3 – Chief Warrant Officer 3
- CW5 – Chief Warrant Officer 5
- GA – General of the Army
- GEN – General (US Army)
- LT – Lieutenant (US Navy and Coast Guard)
- LTC – Lieutenant Colonel (US Army)
- LTG – Lieutenant General (US Army)