DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350-1000
SECNAVINST 1730.10A
ASN (M&RA)
28 AUG 2018
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1730.10A
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: CHAPLAIN ADVISEMENT AND LIAISON
Ref: (a) 14 U.S.C. §1
(b) The Merchant Marine Act of 1936
(c) SECNAVINST 1730.7D
(d) SECNAVINST 1730.9
(e) DoD Directive 1304.19 of 11 June 2004
(f) SECNAVINST 5720.44C
(g) Geneva Convention (I) For the Amelioration of the
Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in
the Field of August 12, 1949
(h) Geneva Convention (II) For the Amelioration of the
Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked
Members of Armed Forces at Sea of August 12, 1949
(i) Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of
Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949
(j) DoD Directive 2311.01E of 15 November 2010
(k) U.S. Navy Regulations, 1990
1. Purpose. Establishes policy on the role of Chaplains as
advisors to commands and individuals, and their derivative tasks
as command liaisons.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 1730.10.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies throughout the
Department of the Navy, including the Coast Guard when operating
as a Service in the Navy under reference (a) and to Chaplains
serving with the Merchant Marine pursuant to reference (b).
4. Policy
a. Advisement and Liaison. The Chaplain advises the
command in three distinct ways. First, the Chaplain delivers
individual advice to Service Members (individual advice).
Second, pursuant to reference (c), the Chaplain advises the
commander on all matters regarding the Command Religious Program
