Warrant Officer Class 1
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* Warrant (law), a form of specific authorization
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Paul Christopher Carney (born November 1979) is a senior
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
soldier. Since 2021, he has served as the
Army Sergeant Major
The Army Sergeant Major is the most senior member of the other ranks of the British Army. The three appointment holders have actually been commissioned officers (and former warrant officers class 1) holding the rank of captain, although unifor ...
, the most senior warrant officer and member of the other ranks in the British Army.
Military career
Carney served as a warrant officer with the
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
and was
commissioned as a
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
on 2 April 2018. After service as Field Army Sergeant Major, he was promoted to
major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
on 31 July 2021 and appointed
Army Sergeant Major
The Army Sergeant Major is the most senior member of the other ranks of the British Army. The three appointment holders have actually been commissioned officers (and former warrant officers class 1) holding the rank of captain, although unifor ...
in August 2021, thereby becoming the most senior member of the other ranks of the British Army.
References
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1979 births
Army Sergeant Majors
British Army personnel of the Iraq War
British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Living people
Royal Engineers officers
Royal Engineers soldiers