10 U.S.C. § 9231

Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]

Section 9231 - Command: chaplains

An officer designated as a chaplain has rank without command.

10 U.S.C. § 9231

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 531, §8581; renumbered § 9231,Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §806(b)(7)9231,, 132 Stat. 1832.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
8581	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 Air Force.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 8581 of this title as this section.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115-232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115-232 set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

officer

The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.

rank

The term "rank" means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces.