10 U.S.C. § 981 — Limitation on number of enlisted aides
submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-525 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 239 words · no verdicts yet
This section limits the number of enlisted members who may serve as enlisted aides. The yearly limit is based on the number of senior active-duty officers, and no more than 300 may serve at one time. The Secretary of Defense must report each year on these aides and justify each assignment.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), during a fiscal year the total number of enlisted members who may be assigned or detailed as enlisted aides on the personal staffs of Army*, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard officers (when the Coast Guard operates as a Navy service) equals: (1) four times the number of active-duty generals or admirals at the end of the previous fiscal year, plus (2) two times the number of active-duty lieutenant generals or vice admirals at that time.
(b) At any time, no more than 300 enlisted members may be assigned as enlisted aides for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force officers.
(c) By March 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense must send the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a report that: (1) states, as of September 30 of the previous year, the number of enlisted aides authorized and allocated for each service’s general and flag officers and for the joint pool; and (2) justifies, for each billet, why an aide is authorized and assigned to each general-officer* or flag-officer position.
Subject to subsection (b), the total number of enlisted members that may be assigned or otherwise detailed to duty as enlisted aides on the personal staffs of officers of the Army*, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard (when operating as a service of the Navy) during a fiscal year is the number equal to the sum of (1) four times the number of officers serving on active duty* at the end of the preceding fiscal year in the grade* of general or admiral, and (2) two times the number of officers serving on active duty at the end of the preceding fiscal year in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.
Not more than 300 enlisted members may be assigned to duty at any time as enlisted aides for officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report—
specifying the number of enlisted aides authorized and allocated for general officers and flag officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and joint pool as of September 30 of the previous year; and
justifying, on a billet-by-billet basis, the authorization and assignment of each enlisted aide to each general officer* and flag officer* position.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2615; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 504(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3355; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1741(b)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 680.)
- 1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2615
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3355
- 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 680
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-525 on 1984-10-19.
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