• Commandant (redirect from Aide-major)
    ceannfort) is the equivalent of major in other armies. Irish Army commandants can sometimes be referred to as major if serving overseas under the umbrella...
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    An aide-de-camp (UK: /ˌeɪddəˈkɒ̃/, US: /-ˈkæmp/; French expression meaning literally "helper in the [military] camp") is a personal assistant or secretary...
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  • epaulettes, those with silver buttons wore silver epaulettes. The epaulettes of majors were of contrary metal; gold buttons, silver epaulets etc. Generals and...
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    collar insignia of the SMA is the shield portion of the collar insignia of an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff (less the surmounting eagle), placed upon...
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  • A White House social aide is a United States Armed Forces officer assigned to attend to the personal needs of visiting dignitaries at the White House and...
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  • his chief aide, Major General Tunde Idiagbon, was on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The coup was announced on the radio in the morning by Major General Joshua...
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    J. E. B. Stuart (category Confederate States Army major generals)
    three times their numbers. As he rode in pursuit, accompanied by his aide, Major Andrew R. Venable, they were able to stop briefly along the way to be...
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  • for negotiations, but decides to spare his life when Harry and Feroud's aide Major Leon show up offering a £10,000 ransom. The officers are allowed to leave;...
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    opponent into a premature action. Butler took the bait, when he and an aide, Major Theodore Winthrop, devised a plan for a night march, followed by a dawn...
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    the Philippine–American War, Collins served in the 8th Cavalry and as an aide-de-camp to Pershing in the Philippines. He also served with Pershing during...
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