10 U.S.C. § 8172 — Marine Corps organizations on vessels: authority of officers

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When a Marine Corps unit is aboard a Navy ship but isn't officially part of that ship's crew, its officers keep the same authority they'd have at a naval station on land. This rule doesn't take away the ship's commanding officer's top authority over the vessel and everyone on it.

This section covers a Marine Corps organization riding on a Navy vessel when that organization is not part of the ship's authorized crew. In that situation, the officers of the Marine Corps organization keep the same authority over their unit that they would have if they were stationed at a naval station on land. However, the ship's commanding officer still has final, overriding authority over the vessel itself and over everyone aboard it, including the Marines.

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When an organization of the Marine Corps is embarked in any vessel, not as part of the authorized complement of the vessel, the authority of the officers of that organization is the same as though the organization were serving at a naval station. However, this section does not impair the paramount authority of the commanding officer of a vessel over the vessel and all persons embarked in it.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372, § 5952; renumbered § 8172, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

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1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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.

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