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Detail as students at schools for education required for appointment as a chaplain: commissioned officers; certain enlisted members

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART III—TRAINING AND EDUCATION > CHAPTER 101—TRAINING GENERALLY

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The Secretary of each military department may detail commissioned officers and enlisted members of the armed forces as students at accredited colleges, universities, and schools of theology, located in the United States, for a period of training leading to a graduate degree that meets the educational requirements for appointment as a chaplain in the armed forces.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 504(b) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 855 .)

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