Chief Warrant Officers are somewhere in between Normal Officers and the Enlisted. Many of the privileges of being an officer without any of the extraneous duties. Allowing them to be ‘Subject matter experts’ while simultaneously avoiding time consuming duties that come with formal leadership positions.

Essentially they’re the right mix of technical skill and rank. That when they are attached to infantry units at least they can get away with shenanigans that Officers and Enlisted usually can’t manage.

Important enough rank wise that they can get out of many of the busywork details the enlisted and NCOs usually have to do on Garrison. Not to mention things like being at formation at the ass crack of dawn. Without many questions being asked. Leading to the joke they can virtually disappear for days at a time and no one notices. And drawing comparisons to them being near mythical creatures and that some enlisted men could go their entire careers only seeing a Warrant Officer a handful of times. With seeing a CW5 being considered the equivalent of seeing a Unicorn.

While simultaneously being skilled enough technically that they usually don’t get bothered by Officers unless things are turning into a major Dumpster Fire.