Whereas the Army Warrant Officer Corps was established on July 9, 1918, in the Army Mine Planter Service of the Coast Artillery, authorizing a total of 40 warrant officers to serve as masters, mates, chief engineers, and assistant engineers on each mine planting vessel; Whereas section 4a of An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes ( Public Law 64–85 ; 39 Stat. 166), as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 ( Public Law 66–242 ; 41 Stat. 759), provided for warrant officers to serve in clerical, administrative, and bandleader positions; Whereas in 1926, Jen Doble and Olive Hoskins became the first two female soldiers appointed to the rank of warrant officer; Whereas in 1953, the inception of the Warrant Officer Flight Program led to the training of thousands of warrant officers who later became helicopter pilots during the Vietnam War; Whereas in 1954, the Warrant Officer Act of 1954 ( Public Law 83–379 ; 68 Stat. 157) established warrant officer grades W–1 through W–4, and officially eliminated the Mine Planter Service; Whereas in 1972, the United States Army Warrant Officers Association was founded by chief warrant officer, W–4 Donald Hess; Whereas in 1985, the United States Army Warrant Officers Association became a founding member of the Military Coalition, a consortium of more than 30 military and veterans service organizations, now representing more than 5,500,000 current and former members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families and survivors; Whereas the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 ( Public Law 99–145 ; 99 Stat. 583) amended title 10, United States Code, to provide that Permanent appointments of regular chief warrant officers shall be made by commission by the President. ; Whereas the Warrant Officer Management Act (title XI of Public Law 102–190 ; 105 Stat. 1290) established, among other matters, the rank of chief warrant officer, W–5