United States
Within the United States Army, aides-de-camp are specifically appointed to general-grade officers (NATO Code OF-6 through OF-10), the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of Defense, Vice President, and President of the United States; rank and number determined by the grade. For those general officers with more than one aide, the senior-ranking aide is usually considered to be the senior aide and serves in the capacity of coordinating the other aides and the others of the general's personal staff such as the driver, orderlies, et al. For the majority officers, the maximum tour of duty for aides is generally two years. The following is a listing of the accepted number of aides allotted a general officer:
- Brigadier General: 1 First Lieutenant
- Major General: 1 Captain; 1 Lieutenant
- Lieutenant General: 1 Major; 1 Captain
- General: 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major, 1 Captain
- General of the Army (or Chief of Staff, USA): 1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major
Lieutenant colonels and colonels commanding units (battalions and brigades, respectively) do not have aides, but it is generally accepted that the unit's adjutant – called the S-1 – also serves the commanding officer as an aide.
At the brigadier general level it is not uncommon to have a captain as aide-de-camp.
U.S. Army aides-de-camp wear a special device in place of the branch-of-service (i.e., infantry, artillery, quartermaster, et al.) insignia they would otherwise wear on the lapels of their service uniform. The rank of the official whom the aide serves is indicated on the device, as shown below. Although the Chief of Staff of the Army is a four-star general and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a four-star general or admiral, their aides-de-camp wear devices specific to those offices, vice the normal four-star aide device. See below. An aide-de-camp wears a special aiguillette on the shoulder of his dress uniforms.
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Insignia for an aide to a Brigadier General
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Insignia for an aide to a Major General
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Insignia for an aide to a Lieutenant General
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Insignia for an aide to a General
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Insignia for an aide to a General of the Army (there are currently no Generals of the Army)
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Insignia for an aide to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
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Insignia for an aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army
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Insignia for an aide to the Under Secretary of the Army
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Insignia for an aide to the Secretary of the Army
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Insignia for an aide to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Insignia for an aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Insignia for an aide to the Secretary of Defense
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Insignia for an aide to the Vice President of the United States
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Insignia for an aide to the President of the United States
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