Typically, both the Parade RSM and the Parade Commander come from the SAF, and usually hold a minimum rank of Master Warrant Officer, and Lieutenant Colonel respectively.
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The unit is commanded by a Major as the Commanding Officer ( CO ) and the unit has a Master Warrant Officer who is the Regimental Sergeant Major ( RSM ).
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Likewise, a sergeant-major ( including regimental sergeant-major ) is not a sergeant rank, but an appointment held by a master warrant officer or chief warrant officer.
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The Warrant Officer Management Act of December 5, 1991, created the paygrade of W5 and the separate rank of Master Warrant Officer ( CW5 ), since renamed as Chief Warrant Officer Five.
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Darren Anderson was born to Gerald Hubert Anderson, a Master Warrant Officer from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces, and Jean Elizabeth Anderson, a gemologist, in Edmonton, Alberta, on November 6, 1976.
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Aitchison has three sons, Master Warrant Officer Alan Aitchison, CD, Colonel D . Craig Aitchison, CD, and Daniel, and five grandchildren, W . Justin, Colin, Kayla, Callie, and Alicia.
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The trilogy features Canadian Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey, who is also the main character in the short story " Gone to Flowers " . " Hammered " won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2006.
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As well, it is possible that a master warrant officer may be appointed to an RSM position, in an acting or even official capacity, due to shortages of available CWOs, or in anticipation of a promotion, etc.
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One of the senior appointments that an MWO may hold is that of the senior NCM on a CF station, titled station master warrant officer ( SMWO ); the insignia is a pair of crossed crusader swords worn below their rank insignia.
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In company-sized units, the company sergeant-major generally holds the rank of master warrant officer, although in some cases, it may be held by a warrant officer if the company is smaller, or in a shortage of available master warrant officers.
