BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS MISSION
DIRECTIVE 1-34
19 OCTOBER 2022
Special Management
CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Headquarters Air Force Publications and forms are available on the e-
Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AF/HC Certified by: AF/HC
(Ch, Maj Gen Randall E. Kitchens)
Supersedes: HAFMD1-34, 21 June 2018 Pages: 8
1. Mission. The Chief of Chaplains (AF/HC), pursuant to Title 10 United States Code (USC)
Sections 9031-9040, and as documented by paragraph 4.3 of Air Force Mission Directive 1,
Headquarters Air Force (HAF), and this Headquarters Air Force Mission Directive (HAFMD),
assists the Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF), other Secretariat offices, the Chief of Staff of the
Air Force (CSAF), and the Chief of Space Operations (CSO) by providing religious
accommodation, spiritual fitness, and leadership advisement for the Department of the Air Force
(DAF). The SecAF retains ultimate responsibility for all policies related to the DAF. Within
his/her assigned responsibilities, the AF/HC prepares policies for approval and issues
guidance/procedures, via official DAF publications, to ensure implementation of those policies.
The AF/HC also assists the CSAF and CSO in their roles, pursuant to 10 USC Section § 151, as
members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2. Organizational Relationships. The SecAF is responsible for, and has all legal authority
necessary to conduct, the affairs of the DAF. The Secretariat, the CSAF, the CSO, and Air Staff
offices perform their DAF functions subject to the authority, direction and control of the SecAF.
2.1. The AF/HC reports directly to the CSAF but provides support to the SecAF, the Under
Secretary of the Air Force (USecAF), other Secretariat offices, the CSAF, CSO, and other Air
Staff and Office of the Chief of Space Operations (informally known as Space Staff) offices.
The SecAF may re-delegate authority/assign responsibility to the AF/HC, but the SecAF,
through the CSAF and, as appropriate, Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, retains ultimate
responsibility for all matters listed in Attachment 2 of this publication.
