10 U.S.C. § 981 : US Code - Section 981: Limitation on number of enlisted aides

Search 10 U.S.C. § 981 : US Code - Section 981: Limitation on number of enlisted aides

(a) 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, Marine Corps, Air 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.
(b) 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, and Marine Corps.