10 U.S.C. § 747 — Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join
submitted 58 years ago by Pub. L. 90-235 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 57 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets who commands when different military commands serve together. Unless the President directs otherwise, the highest-ranking eligible officer present commands all of them.
When different commands of the Army*, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join or serve together, the officer* highest in rank* in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard on duty there, who is otherwise eligible to command, commands all those forces unless otherwise directed by the President.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 5(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 760; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(2)(A)(iv), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)
- 1968Enacted · Pub. L. 90-235 · 81 Stat. 760
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3821
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-235 on 1968-01-02.
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