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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§10173 Marine Forces Reserve

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1006 — RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS › § 10173

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy must create the Marine Forces Reserve with help from the Commandant. A Commander runs it and reports to the Commandant. The Commandant must assign Marine Corps Reserve forces stationed in the continental United States to that command, except units already assigned to the unified special operations command under section 167. The Secretary of Defense decides how those forces are placed with combatant commands, unless he directs otherwise for section 8013.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10173

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment.—
The Secretary of the Navy, with the advice and assistance of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, shall establish in the Marine Corps a command known as the Marine Forces Reserve.
(b)Commander.—
The Marine Forces Reserve is commanded by the Commander, Marine Forces Reserve. The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, reports directly to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(c)Assignment of Forces.—
The Commandant of the Marine Corps—
(1)shall assign to the Marine Forces Reserve the forces of the Marine Corps Reserve stationed in the continental United States other than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for special operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of this title; and
(2)except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary of the Navy specified in section 8013 of this title, shall assign to the combatant commands (through the Marine Corps component commander for each such command) all such forces assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve under paragraph (1) in the manner specified by the Secretary of Defense.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 8013” for “section 5013”.

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. § 10173

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110