§10173 Marine Forces Reserve

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy, with help from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, must create the Marine Forces Reserve and put it under a Commander who reports directly to the Commandant. The Commandant must assign all Marine Corps Reserve forces in the continental United States to the Marine Forces Reserve, except units assigned to special operations under section 167. Unless the Secretary of Defense directs otherwise for forces doing duties listed in section 8013, the Commandant must assign those forces to the combatant commands through each command’s Marine Corps component.