Enlisted Aide Program of the Military Services
Abstract:
Each of the military services assigns enlisted men as personal aides to senior officers to relieve the officer of minor details which, if performed by the officer himself, would be at the expense of the officers primary military and official duties. The regulations governing the program state that the propriety of the duties of the enlisted men is governed by the purpose the duties serve rather than the nature of the duties and that the aides duties must further the accomplishment of a necessary military purpose. These personal aides are called enlisted aides by the Army, public quarters stewards by the Navy, airman aides by the Air Force, and cook specialists or food service technician specialists by the Marine Corps. All these servicemen are hereinafter referred to as enlisted aides.