C005403

Round shaped coin, very antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers (LDO/CWO) are two branches from the same tree. Chief warrants are recognized experts who accomplish and lead sailors in many of the fleet's toughest jobs. Limited duty officers, by contrast, lead sailors in technically demanding divisions, departments and higher, similar to other officers.

"With CWOs, we're not trying to build commanders and captains, we're trying to build a person who knows a specific job and is very good at it," said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Mitch Allen, the CWO community manager at Navy Personnel Command, in an Oct. 1 interview. "So if you decide to take the warrant route, you better be sure you love and are passionate about what you do on a daily basis because that's what you'll continue to do for the rest of your career."