§7065 Assignment and detail: officers assigned or detailed to basic and special branches

Summary

Army officers can be detailed or assigned to different jobs and branches. Commissioned officers may be detailed as general staff or as inspectors general. The Secretary can send members to particular fields, including intelligence, counter‑intelligence, and military government. An officer in one branch can be detailed to work with another branch. Officers who are not on active duty may still be assigned to any basic or special branch, group, or organization the Secretary thinks appropriate. No officer may be put into technical, scientific, or other professional work unless they are qualified. Officers must meet professional standards at least as strict as those in effect on June 28, 1950. If the work is like a learned profession in civilian life—such as engineering, law, medicine, or theology—the officer must have similar education, training, or experience, unless an emergency makes that impossible.