10 USC § 7231 - Command: chaplains

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7231"
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title: "10 USC § 7231 - Command: chaplains"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7231"
section_name: "Command: chaplains"
chapter_number: 725
chapter_name: "RANK AND COMMAND"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 206, § 3581; renumbered § 7231, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7231. Command: chaplains

A chaplain has rank without command.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 206, § 3581; renumbered § 7231, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3581 | 10:235. | R.S. 1122. |

The words “and shall be on the same footing with other officers of the Army, as to tenure of office, retirement, and pensions” are omitted as obsolete, since there is no distinction between the status of a chaplain as an officer and the status of other officers of the Army.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7231 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .