Soldiers interested in applying for the Army’s Enlisted Aide Program should start readying their applications.
The program places troops with general officers to help attend to details and duties like maintaining a general officer’s uniforms, planning military social events, conducting daily meal preparation, record keeping of finances, upkeep of assigned quarters and clerical tasks.
The program is open to all soldiers, regardless of military occupational specialty. However, soldiers in understrength MOSs will not be considered, according to a MILPER message posted July 16.
Soldiers interested in the program should submit a nomination packet for consideration. An example of this packet, additional eligibility information and requirements can be found here.
When the packet is complete, soldiers must submit it to the Enlisted Aide Professional Development NCO at Human Resources Command no later than Oct. 15, using this email: usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.epmd-qm-enlisted-aide@mail.mil.
A selection panel will convene no earlier than Nov. 11 to consider eligible soldiers in the rank of sergeant (promotable only), staff sergeant, sergeant first class and master sergeant who apply.
This position requires soldiers to be deployable and to be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
Selected soldiers will also attend culinary and aide training courses at Fort Lee, Virginia, if they have not already done so, and soldiers who don’t hold the MOS of 92G will also attend the Initial Culinary Course, according to the MILPER message.
Upon completion of all training, they will receive the Enlisted Aide Additional Skill Identifier Z5.
Soldiers selected for the program will incur a two-year tour, extendable to one additional year based on the needs of the Army, and will be assigned to the two- through four-star tactical, operational or strategic level.
After they successfully complete their tour, soldiers are released to their career management branch, but may return to the Enlisted Aide Program after the completion of their follow-on utilization tour by re-submitting the nomination packet.
Soldiers that have not completed their Selective Retention Bonus obligation by Sept. 15 do not qualify to apply.
The best point of contact for additional information regarding the MILPER message and the Enlisted Aide Program is the Enlisted Aide Professional Development NCO at 502-613-5181, or DSN 312-983-5181.
Kyle Rempfer was an editor and reporter who has covered combat operations, criminal cases, foreign military assistance and training accidents. Before entering journalism, Kyle served in U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and deployed in 2014 to Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq.
