---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9231"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9231"
heading: "Command: chaplains"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9231"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 925 — Rank and Command"
---

# §9231. Command: chaplains


An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) designated as a chaplain has [rank](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-8) without command.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 531, § 8581; renumbered § 9231, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

## Notes

| 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

### Amendments

2018—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.