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§7032 The Army Staff: general duties

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION › Chapter CHAPTER 705— - THE ARMY STAFF › § 7032

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Summary

The Army Staff must give professional help and advice to the Secretary of the Army, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Chief of Staff. Under the Secretary’s control, the Army Staff must get the Army ready and manage recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including R&D the Secretary assigns), training, caring for, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining the force, subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 7014. It must also check and report on Army efficiency and readiness for combatant commands, write detailed instructions for approved plans and oversee their carrying out, coordinate Army organizations when ordered, and do other duties the Secretary assigns that are not set by law.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7032

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(a)The Army Staff shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Army and to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
(b)Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army, the Army Staff shall—
(1)subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 7014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the Army, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the Army, as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Chief of Staff;
(2)investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Army and its preparation to support military operations by combatant commands;
(3)prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
(4)as directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, coordinate the action of organizations of the Army; and
(5)perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Secretary.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3032(a)3032(b)10:21e(a).10:21e(b).June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 205, 64 Stat. 266. In subsection (a), the word “furnish” is substituted for the word “render”. In subsection (b)(1), the words “power, duty, or function of” are substituted for the words “power vested in, duty imposed upon, or function assigned to”. In subsection (b)(2), the words “all questions affecting” and “state of” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(a), renumbered section 3032 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 7014” for “section 3014”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–433, § 502(b)(3), substituted “The Army Staff: general duties” for “General duties” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433, § 502(b)(1), inserted “and to the Chief of Staff of the Army”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–433, § 502(b)(2), substituted “authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army” for “direction and control of the Secretary” in introductory provisions, inserted “subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 3014 of this title,” and substituted “(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining” for “, training, serving, mobilizing, and demobilizing” in cl. (1), substituted “to support military operations by combatant commands” for “for military operations” in cl. (2), and amended cl. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (4) read as follows: “act as agent of the Secretary and the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all organizations of the Department of the Army; and”. 1958—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85–599 substituted “prepare for such employment of the Army” for “prepare such plans for the national security, for employment of the Army for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval and air forces”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7032

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73