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An ''aide-de-camp'' ( or ; French expression meaning literally ''helper in the (military) camp'' is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state. This is not to be confused with an adjutant, who is the senior administrator of a military unit. The first ''aide-de-camp'' is typically the foremost personal aide. In some countries, the ''aide-de-camp'' is considered to be a title of honour (which confers the post-nominal letters ADC or A de C), and participates at ceremonial functions. The badge of office for an ''aide-de-camp'' is usually the ''aiguillette'', a braided cord in gold or other colours, worn on the shoulder of a uniform. Whether it is worn on the left or the right shoulder is dictated by protocol. ==Argentina== 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 ("ayudante de campo" is another – "edecán" is a phonetic imitation of the French term; "ayudante de campo" is a word-for-word translation of it). A 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. Upon taking office, current president Cristina Kirchner decided to have, for the first time, female officers as her ''aides-de-camp''. 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. At unit level, the unit S-1 (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. An 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 of 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). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aide-de-camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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