Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a Reserve who becomes a regular or ordained minister of religion is entitled upon his request to a discharge from his reserve enlistment or appointment.
Structure US Code
Subtitle E— Reserve Components
§ 12681. Reserves: discharge authority
§ 12682. Reserves: discharge upon becoming ordained minister of religion
§ 12683. Reserve officers: limitation on involuntary separation
§ 12684. Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment
§ 12685. Reserves separated for cause: character of discharge