Army Warrant Officer Cap Device

• The cap device of an Army Warrant Officer is worn solely on the service cap of the new Army Service Uniform. The device is an eagle with its wings opened standing on a bundle of two arrows, enclosed in a wreath, and is worn by Warrant Officer One through Chief Warrant Officer Five. The cap device is not worn on the beret; only the warrant officer's rank is worn on the flash embroidered onto the beret.
  
  

Navy Warrant Officer Cap Devices

• The Navy has two cap devices, depending on the rank of the warrant officer. The cap device of the Navy Warrant Officer One displays two unfouled anchors and is worn on the Navy combination cap without a gold chin strap. A Navy Chief Warrant Officer wears the Commissioned Officer insignia, consisting of a left-facing bald eagle with its wings spread atop a heraldic shield covering two crossed fouled anchors. The commissioned officer cap device was not formally designed but was slowly adopted over time until it was formally prescribed in 1941. A fouled anchor has a chain wrapped around it.
  
  

Marine Corps Warrant Officer Cap Devices

• Marine Corps warrant officers wear the cap device of a commissioned officer. Commonly referred to as the Eagle Globe and Anchor, it symbolizes the Marine Corps tradition. The eagle's spread wings represent the United States. The globe points represent a worldwide USMC presence. The anchor relates to Marine Corps history and naval traditions. The cap device in varying sizes is worn on each of the Marine Corps's various authorized service caps and other headgear, e.g., on a garrison cap the rank is worn on the left, and the Eagle, Globe and Anchor on the right.
  
  

The Last U.S. Air Force Warrant Officers

• The U.S. Air Force does not have warrant officers; according to the Warrant Officer Heritage Association, warrant officers were "not sufficiently flexible for utilization outside of their technical specialty." The last active-duty USAF warrant officer retired in 1980, and the last USAF Reserve warrant officer retired in 1992 and was honorarily promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Five. Even though the Air Force is authorized to have warrant officers, it has chosen not to utilize them.