Subtitle B - Army
Section 3073. Chaplains
There are chaplains in the Army. The Chaplains include -
(1) the Chief of Chaplains;
(2) commissioned officers of the Regular Army appointed as
chaplains; and
(3) other officers of the Army appointed as chaplains in the
Army.
Section 3547. Duties: chaplains; assistance required of commanding officers
(a) Each chaplain shall, when practicable, hold appropriate
religious services at least once on each Sunday for the command to
which he is assigned, and shall perform appropriate religious
burial services for members of the Army who die while in that
command.
(b) Each commanding officer shall furnish facilities, including
necessary transportation, to any chaplain assigned to his command,
to assist the chaplain in performing his duties.
Section 4337. Chaplain
There shall be a chaplain at the [Military] Academy, who must be a
clergyman, appointed by the President for a term of four years. The
chaplain is entitled to a monthly housing allowance in the same
amount as the basic allowance for housing allowed to a lieutenant
colonel, and to fuel and light for quarters in kind. The chaplain
may be reappointed.
Subtitle C - Navy
Section 5142. Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains
(a) The Chaplain Corps is a staff corps of the Navy and shall be
organized in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Navy.
(b) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Navy
the office of the Chief of Chaplains of the Navy. The Chief of
Chaplains shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, from officers of the Chaplain
Corps in the grade of commander or above who are serving on active
duty and who have served on active duty in the Chaplain Corps for
at least eight years.
(c) An officer appointed as the Chief of Chaplains shall be
appointed for a term of four years. However, the President may
terminate or extend the appointment at any time.
(d)(1) The Chief of Chaplains shall perform such duties as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy and by law.
(2) The Chief of Chaplains shall, with respect to all duties
pertaining to the procurement, distribution, and support of
personnel of the Chaplain Corps, report to and be supported by the
Chief of Naval Personnel.
(e) The Chief of Chaplains of the Navy is entitled to the same
rank and privileges of retirement as provided for chiefs of bureaus
in section 5133 of this title.
Section 5142a. Deputy Chief of Chaplains
The Secretary of the Navy may detail as the Deputy Chief of
Chaplains an officer of the Chaplain Corps in the grade of
commander or above who is on active duty and who has served on
active duty in the Chaplain Corps for at least eight years.
Section 6031. Chaplains: divine services
(a) An officer in the Chaplain Corps may conduct public worship
according to the manner and forms of the church of which he is a
member.
(b) The commanders of vessels and naval activities to which
chaplains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed
on Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it to
be done; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen,
and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every
performance of the worship of Almighty God.
(c) All persons in the Navy and in the Marine Corps are enjoined
to behave themselves in a reverent and becoming manner during
divine service.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 378; Pub. L. 86-140, Aug. 7,
1959, 73 Stat. 288.)
Subtitle D - Air Force
Section 8067. Designation: officers to perform certain professional functions
(h) Chaplain functions in the Air Force shall be performed by
commissioned officers of the Air Force who are qualified under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary and who are designated as
chaplains.
Section 8547. Duties: chaplains; assistance required of commanding officers
(a) Each chaplain shall, when practicable, hold appropriate
religious services at least once on each Sunday for the command to
which he is assigned, and shall perform appropriate religious
burial services for members of the Air Force who die while in that
command.
(b) Each commanding officer shall furnish facilities, including
necessary transportation, to any chaplain assigned to his command,
to assist the chaplain in performing his duties.
Section 9337. Chaplain
There shall be a chaplain at the [Air Force] Academy, who must be a
clergyman, appointed by the President for a term of four years. The
chaplain is entitled to the same allowances for public quarters as
are allowed to a captain, and to fuel and light for quarters in
kind. The chaplain may be reappointed.
Section 9446. Miscellaneous personnel authorities
(b) Use of Civil Air Patrol Chaplains. - The Secretary of the Air
Force may use the services of Civil Air Patrol chaplains in support
of the Air Force active duty and reserve component forces to the
extent and under conditions that the Secretary determines
appropriate.
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Section 502. Enlistment oath: who may administer
Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following
oath:
"I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
support and defend the Constitution of the United States against
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of
the President of the United States and the orders of the officers
appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code
of Military Justice. So help me God."
This oath may be taken before any commissioned officer of any armed
force.
1962 - Pub. L. 87-751 substituted "support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same"
for "bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of
America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all
their enemies whomsoever" and inserted "So help me God" in the
oath, and "or affirmation" in text.