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§8032 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: general duties

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION › Chapter CHAPTER 805— - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS › § 8032

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations must give professional help to the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Chief of Naval Operations. Under the Secretary’s control, the office must get the Navy ready for use and handle things like recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including some research and development), training, servicing, mobilizing and demobilizing, administering, and maintaining the force. It must check and report on Navy efficiency and readiness to support military commands, write and supervise detailed instructions for approved plans, coordinate Navy organizations when asked, and carry out other tasks the Secretary assigns.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8032

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(a)The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and to the Chief of Naval Operations.
(b)Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations shall—
(1)subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the Navy, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Navy), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the Navy, as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Chief of Naval Operations;
(2)investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Navy 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 Naval Operations, coordinate the action of organizations of the Navy; and
(5)perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Secretary.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8032 was renumbered section 9032 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(a)(1), renumbered section 5032 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014” for “subsections (c) and (d) of section 5014”.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8032

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73