If a contract priest has his contract suspended or ended, then he cannot perform that contracted function. Many times contracted parties have their own access to the military base. Many times, they are retirees or national guard chaplains.
What they cannot do would be their contract work.
That is not true of volunteers. There is no legitimate reason to prevent volunteers from ministry on base. There are always a host of people allowed on bases for volunteer purposes. And the base commander is tasked by regulation and law to provide religious support on his/her base.
So, if they cannot contract because funds aren’t available, there is no good reason why they cannot use volunteers.
Thank you very much for answering my question. I appreciate you so much. Peace.