Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8038 Director for Expeditionary Warfare
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 805 — OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS › § 8038
Summary
A Director for Expeditionary Warfare must be appointed from Marine Corps active-duty officers to oversee expeditionary tasks (amphibious lift, mine warfare, naval fire support, etc.); the CNO must give staff and duties.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8038
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(a)One of the Directors within the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations with responsibility for warfare requirements and programs shall be the Director for Expeditionary Warfare who shall be detailed from officers on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps.
(b)The principal duty of the Director for Expeditionary Warfare shall be to supervise the performance of all staff responsibilities of the Chief of Naval Operations regarding expeditionary warfare, including responsibilities regarding amphibious lift, mine warfare, naval fire support, and other missions essential to supporting expeditionary warfare.
(c)The Chief of Naval Operations shall transfer duties, responsibilities, and staff from other personnel within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as necessary to fully support the Director for Expeditionary Warfare.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5038 of this title as this section. 2016—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 114–328 redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “An officer assigned to the position of Director for Expeditionary Warfare, while so serving, has the grade of major general.” 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations with responsibility for warfare requirements and programs” for “Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments”. 1993—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–160 struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: “This section shall cease to apply on November 1, 1997.” Pub. L. 103–35 substituted “section” for “subsection”.
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. § 8038
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102