Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) is the technical training program a newly appointedU.S. ArmyWarrant Officer receives after attendingWarrant Officer Candidate School. WOBC is designed to certify warrant officers as technically and tactically competent to serve in a designatedmilitary occupation specialty. WOBC is the first major test a newly appointed officer must pass to continue serving in the Army as a warrant officer, as WO1 appointments and award of a Warrant Officer MOS are contingent upon successfully completing WOBC.[1]
WOBC is held at multiple locations throughout theUnited States Army Training and Doctrine Command. For example,Signal WOBC is taught atFort Gordon,Georgia,Aviation WOBC is taught atFort Rucker,Alabama, and other WOBCs are taught at installations such asFort Sill, Oklahoma,Fort Lee, Virginia, andFort Huachuca, Arizona.