By enlisted personnel, yes.
Yes
Warrant Officer 1.
A warrant officer is the highest rank of the soldiers rank, soldiers ranks range from private to warrant officer. Warrant officers normally would have done about 20 years of service and in the army. A warrant office is a RSM. Regimental Sergeant Major. They only have 1 RSM in a Battalion and the promotion of a RSM has to be approved by the Queen and signed for.
From highest to lowest: General of the Army (5stars), General (4stars), Lieutenant General (3stars), Major General (2stars), Brigadier General (1star), Colonel,Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant, Warrant Officer 5, Warrant Officer 4, Warrant Officer 3, Warrant Officer 2, Warrant Officer 1.
There is no Warrant Officer Grade 2 in the US Army. The ranks of Warrant Officer are as follows:W1 - Warrant Officer - Silver Bar with one black square.W2 - Chief Warrant Officer One - Silver Bar with two black squares.W3 - Chief Warrant Officer Two - Silver Bar with three black squares.W4 - Chief Warrant Officer Three - Silver Bar with four black squares.W5 - Master Warrant Officer - Silver Bar with single black line.
No, a Chief Warrant Officer is considered a commissioned officer of their respective branch (IE: Army, Navy, Marine Corps; Air Force does not have Warrant Officers). You could consider Warrant Officers (WO1 - CWO5) the ranks between E-9 and O-1. So, an O-1 outranks a CWO5, a WO1 outranks an E-9. A Master Sergeant is an E-8 in the Army and the Marine Corps, and an E-7 in the Air Force. Obviously an E-9 outranks both E-7 and E-8.
In UK an Officer holds the Queens commission. Senior NCOs are warrant officers & they have a Royal Warrant. NCOs are non-commissioned Officers, they do not have a commission. Privates do what they are told ! Other than very junior Officers who may well be 'advised' by senior NCOs, the Commissioned Officer is the one who makes the executive decision. He is there to give the orders & provide the leadership. The senior NCO however is the one who has time-served his position. More so in times gone by than now this was very much part of the British Class system. The commissioned ranks would be only an option if you had the' breeding' ! (&, of course, the money)
Enlisted E-1 = Private E-2 = Private Second Class E-3 = Private First Class E-4 = Specialist/Corporal E-5 = Sergeant E-6 = Staff Sergeant E-7 = Sergeant First Class E-8 = Master Sergeant/First Sergeant E-9 = Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major Warrant Officer WO1 = Warrant Officer 1 CW2 = Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW3 = Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW4 = Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW5 = Chief Warrant Officer 5 Officer O-1 = Second Lieutenant O-2 = First Lieutenant O-3 = Captain O-4 = Major O-5 = Lieutenant Colonel O-6 = Colonel O-7 = Brigadier General O-8 = Major General O-9 = Lieutenant General O-10 = General
Enlisted E-1 = Private E-2 = Private Second Class E-3 = Private First Class E-4 = Specialist/Corporal E-5 = Sergeant E-6 = Staff Sergeant E-7 = Sergeant First Class E-8 = Master Sergeant/First Sergeant E-9 = Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major Warrant Officer WO1 = Warrant Officer 1 CW2 = Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW3 = Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW4 = Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW5 = Chief Warrant Officer 5 Officer O-1 = Second Lieutenant O-2 = First Lieutenant O-3 = Captain O-4 = Major O-5 = Lieutenant Colonel O-6 = Colonel O-7 = Brigadier General O-8 = Major General O-9 = Lieutenant General O-10 = General
They do not. However a Marine Gunner is a highly skilled and trained individual and a young Marine Lieutenant is taught at The Basic School to respect their expertise.From an Army perspective:Agreed, a W2 does not outrank an O-1 (2nd Lieutenant), however Army Warrants are so specialized in their jobs, that very few officers would ever buck one or try to overstep one and not get his end, rear, one each handed to him by a higher ranking officer, typically the Warrants CO.
the ranks are - normal bronze silver gold diamond super ultra hyper master
Enlisted E-1 = Private E-2 = Private Second Class E-3 = Private First Class E-4 = Specialist/Corporal E-5 = Sergeant E-6 = Staff Sergeant E-7 = Sergeant First Class E-8 = Master Sergeant/First Sergeant E-9 = Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major Warrant Officer WO1 = Warrant Officer 1 CW2 = Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW3 = Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW4 = Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW5 = Chief Warrant Officer 5 Officer O-1 = Second Lieutenant O-2 = First Lieutenant O-3 = Captain O-4 = Major O-5 = Lieutenant Colonel O-6 = Colonel O-7 = Brigadier General O-8 = Major General O-9 = Lieutenant General O-10 = General
In most armies, a Warrant Officer was a rank just below Lieutenant. Anything from Lieutenant and above is referred to as a commissioned officer.The natural progression of ranks would be private then up through grades of Sergeants (names vary by country) and then Warrant Officer. Then the next step would be an officer, beginning with a 2nd Lieutenant (in the US).