Chief Warrant Officer Five William H. Everett, Jr.

Chief Warrant Officer Five William H. Everett, Jr. joined the Army in 1978 as a Vulcan Anti-Aircraft Repairman where he remained until he was selected to become a warrant officer in 1987.

Upon graduation from his entry level training his first assignment was to the 4th Bn, 61st ADA at Fort Carson where he continually maintained an OR of 95% and numerous commendable ratings during division level command maintenance inspections.

Chief Everett continued to hold (and excel in) positions of ever increasing responsibility as he went through his warrant officer career. These assignments had him at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Hanau, Germany; with the 2d Infantry Division in South Korea and finally culminating his career at Redstone Arsenal (RSA), Alabama.

While at Fort Campbell, he took both an underachieving maintenance and driver's training program and completely turned them around using that was cited as “a winning combination of can-do spirit and infectious enthusiasm”. This transformation both saved dollars, resulted in the unit winning the FORSCOM level Army Award for Maintenance Excellence competition and having the battalion leadership recognize his superior performance by assigning him as the battalion's maintenance officer.

During his final operational Army assignment with the 702d at Camp Casey, South Korea, Chief Everett took on the mission of maintaining two of the Army's very oldest Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE) vans which ended in both being swapped out with depot replacements. He then took those “new” IFTE vans and immediately put them to work saving the Army over a million dollars in Avenger LRU repair costs alone during his assignment. In addition, his IFTE crews would generate costs savings in both the brigade's Bradley and Paladin systems as well.

Chief Everett career culminating assignment saw him filling numerous positions across the 59th Ordnance Brigade at RSA which included the Brigade Safety Officer and Proponency Action Officer. As the Safety Officer he took the program and rebuilt it from the floor up to passing the TRADOC Safety Inspection. As the Proponency action officer where he increased warrant officer recruiting by 265%.

Chief Everett's awards include the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal w/6 OLC.

Chief Everett retired in 2010.