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10 USC § 7233 - Requirement of exemplary conduct 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7233"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 7233 - Requirement of exemplary conduct"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7233"
section_name: "Requirement of exemplary conduct"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1726, § 3583; renumbered § 7233, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7233. Requirement of exemplary conduct

All commanding officers and others in authority in the Army are required—

**(1)** to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination;

**(2)** to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed under their command;

**(3)** to guard against and suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Army, all persons who are guilty of them; and

**(4)** to take all necessary and proper measures, under the laws, regulations, and customs of the Army, to promote and safeguard the morale, the physical well-being, and the general welfare of the officers and enlisted persons under their command or charge.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1726, § 3583; renumbered § 7233, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7233 to 7235 were renumbered sections 8633 to 8635 of this title, respectively.

### 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 .