Aiguillettes are worn on the left shoulder by aides-de-camp to generals, flag officers and diplomats.
They are similar to aides-de-camp but generally have a more overtly administrative role.
All aides-de-camp also wear the cypher or badge of the principal to whom they are appointed.
These organised offices and support systems include aides-de-camp, press officers, financial managers, speech writers, trip organisers, event planners and protocol officers.
His aides-de-camp and the watchman conduct a search, but they fail to uncover any sign of a woman having been in the vicinity.
Officers of some seniority have been asked for, but it is not in the public interest that officers of considerable training should be employed as aides-de-camp.