10 U.S.C. § 8063 — United States Marine Corps: composition; functions
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 222 words · no verdicts yet
This section describes the required organization, missions, additional duties, amphibious-operation responsibilities, and wartime expansion responsibility of the Marine Corps.
(a) The Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy, must be so organized as to include not less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic in it. The Marine Corps must be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign. In addition, the Marine Corps must provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy, must provide security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval stations and bases, and must perform such other duties as the President may direct. However, these additional duties may not detract from or interfere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is primarily organized.
(b) The Marine Corps must develop, in coordination with the Army* and the Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to the tactics, technique, and equipment used by landing forces.
(c) The Marine Corps is responsible, under integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime components of the Marine Corps to meet the needs of war.
The Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy, shall be so organized as to include not less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic therein. The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign. In addition, the Marine Corps shall provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy, shall provide security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval stations and bases, and shall perform such other duties as the President may direct. However, these additional duties may not detract from or interfere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is primarily organized.
The Marine Corps shall develop, in coordination with the Army* and the Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to the tactics, technique, and equipment used by landing forces.
The Marine Corps is responsible, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime components of the Marine Corps to meet the needs of war.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 278, § 5013; renumbered § 5063, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043; renumbered § 8063, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-433 · 100 Stat. 1043
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1834
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
all 0 arguments · sorted by: best
no arguments yet — make the first case