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10 U.S.C. § 8063 — United States Marine Corps: composition; functions
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**(a)** 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.
**(b)** 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.
**(c)** 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.
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**(a)** 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.
**(b)** 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.
**(c)** 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.
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**(a)** The President may designate positions of importance and responsibility to carry the grade of general or admiral or lieutenant general or vice admiral. The President may assign to any such position an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who is serving on active duty in any grade above colonel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, any grade above captain. An officer assigned to any such position has the grade specified for that position if he is appointed to that grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Except as provided in subsection (b), the appointment of an officer to a grade under this section for service in a position of importance and responsibility ends on the date of the termination of the assignment of the officer to that position.
**(b)** An officer who is appointed to the grade of general, admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral for service in a position designated under subsection (a) or by law to carry that grade shall continue to hold that grade—
(1) while serving in that position;
(2) while under orders transferring him to another position designated under subsection (a) or by law to carry one of those grades, beginning on the day his assignment to the first position is terminated and ending on the day before the day on which he assumes the second position;
(3) while hospitalized, beginning on the day of the hospitalization and ending on the day he is discharged from the hospital, but not for more than 180 days;
(4) at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, while the officer is awaiting orders after being relieved from the position designated under subsection (a) or by law to carry one of those grades, but not for more than 60 days beginning on the day the officer
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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There is an Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services in the Air Force who is appointed by the Secretary of the Air Force upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General from officers of the Air Force above the grade of lieutenant colonel who are designated as dental officers under [section 9067(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9067/b&num=0&edition=prelim). The Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.
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The Secretary of Defense shall require each qualified commercial firm for which a loan is guaranteed under this subchapter to submit to the Secretary a report on the improvements financed or refinanced with the loan. The report shall include an assessment of the value of the improvements for the protection of the critical infrastructure of that commercial firm. The Secretary shall prescribe the time for submitting the report.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8063
XVIII, § 1801(a)(38), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 168,
685.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
5012 .........
5 U.S.C. 411a(b).
July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
§ 206(b), 61 Stat. 501.
AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION (e)
Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title I, § 121(a), Dec. 22,
2023, 137 Stat. 168, provided that, effective one
year after the date on which the Secretary of
the Navy submits to Congress the report re-
quired under subsection (b)(3) of section 121 of
Pub. L. 118–31, with an additional notification
requirement, subsection (e) of this section is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that—
(1) the Navy maintains a minimum of 9 carrier
air wings; and
(2) for each such carrier air wing, the Navy
maintains a dedicated and fully staffed head-
quarters.
See 2023 Amendment note below.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, referred to in
subsec. (f)(1)(A), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
117–263, also known as the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which
was approved Dec. 23, 2022.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 8062 was renumbered section 9062 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2023—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 118–31, § 121(a)(1), amended
subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e)
related to the Secretary’s obligation to maintain a
minimum of 9 carrier air wings, with future support for
10 carrier air wings.
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1801(a)(38), redesig-
nated subsec. (g) defining amphibious warfare ship as
(h).
2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–263, § 913, substituted
‘‘for the peacetime pro
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