
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350-1000
SECNAVINST 1306.2E
SECNAV (SAL)
11 SEP 2018
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1306.2E
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: USE OF ENLISTED AIDES ON PERSONAL STAFFS
Ref: (a) DoD Instruction 1315.09 of 6 March 2015
(b) 10 U.S.C. §7579
Encl: (1) Responsibilities
1. Purpose. To prescribe policies and promulgate guidance
concerning the establishment of officers’ messes ashore and use
of enlisted personnel assigned to duty in officers’ messes and
public quarters on the personal staffs of officers of the Navy
and Marine Corps. (Enlisted personnel so assigned are
hereinafter referred to as enlisted aides).
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 1306.2D.
3. Definitions. Definitions are contained in reference (a).
4. Applicability. This instruction applies to the Office of
the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO),
the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and all U.S. Navy,
U.S. Marine Corps installations, commands, activities, field
offices, and all other organizational entities within the
Department of the Navy (DON). This directive is applicable to
the Coast Guard when operating as a service in the DON.
5. Policy
a. Use of enlisted members in a service capacity in
officers’ messes and public quarters, and officers’ messes
ashore is authorized by law per reference (b). Reference (a)
establishes Department of Defense (DoD) policy governing the use
of enlisted aides. Per reference (a), enlisted aides are
authorized for the purpose of relieving General Officers/Flag
Officers (GO/FO) of those minor tasks and details which if
performed by the officer would be at the expense of his or her
primary military and official duties. Authorized enlisted aide