The title of honorary aide-de-camp to the king can be granted by the royal court for services rendered. The Equerries to the King are at the King’s constant disposal on a rotational basis they accompany him on his travels and assist him in performing his daily tasks. The Aides de Camp to the King are general or senior officers assigned by the King to accompany important visitors or to represent him on occasions when he cannot be present himself. The Head of the Military Household also oversees the coordination with the security detail of the Royal Palace and runs the Information Technology Service. He keeps the King posted of the situation, means and resources, functioning and missions of the Belgian Armed Forces, in close cooperation with the King’s Cabinet. He monitors the international security situation and informs the King accordingly. In Belgium, the Head of the King's Military Household is a four-star General who helps the King exercise the powers vested in him by the Constitution in the field of Defence. At unit level, the unit S1 (personnel officer) doubles as the unit commander's adjutant, although in recent times in many units this practice has been left only for ceremonial purposes, while for everyday duties a senior NCO performs the adjutant's activities.Īn aiguillette is worn on the right shoulder by aides-de-camp and adjutants as a symbol of their position, the colour of the aiguillette depending on the rank of the person they are serving (there are golden, tan, silver and red aiguillettes, as well as an olive-green one for combat uniform). In each of the armed forces, the chief of staff and other senior officers have their own adjutants, normally of the rank of major or lieutenant colonel, or its equivalent.
Upon taking office, former president Cristina Kirchner decided to have, for the first time, female officers as her aides-de-camp.
In Argentina, three officers (one from each armed service, of the rank of lieutenant colonel or its equivalent), are appointed as aide-de-camp to the president of the republic and three others to the minister of defense, these six being the only ones to be called edecán, which is one Spanish translation for aide-de-camp ( edecán is a phonetic imitation of the French term ayudante de campo is a word-for-word translation).Ī controversy was raised in 2006, when president Néstor Kirchner decided to promote his army aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Graham to colonel, one year ahead of his class.
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