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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§8041 Headquarters, Marine Corps: Function; Composition

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 806 — HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS › § 8041

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Establishes a Headquarters for the Marine Corps inside the Department of the Navy to help the Secretary of the Navy carry out duties. It includes the Commandant, the Assistant Commandant, the Deputy Commandants, the Commandant’s legal adviser, other Navy and Marine personnel assigned there, and civilian Department of the Navy employees assigned there. Unless another law says otherwise, the Secretary decides how the Headquarters is organized and what jobs and titles people have.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8041

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)There is in the executive part of the Department of the Navy a Headquarters, Marine Corps. The function of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, is to assist the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out his responsibilities.
(b)The Headquarters, Marine Corps, is composed of the following:
(1)The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(2)The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(3)The Deputy Commandants.
(4)The Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(5)Other members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned or detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.
(6)Civilian employees in the Department of the Navy assigned or detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.
(c)Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall be organized in such manner, and its members shall perform such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary may prescribe.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5041 of this title as this section. 2013—Subsec. (b)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 112–239 added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively. 2000—Subsec. (b)(3) to (7). Pub. L. 106–398 added par. (3), redesignated pars. (6) and (7) as (4) and (5), respectively, and struck out former pars. (3) to (5) which read as follows: “(3) The Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps. “(4) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff. “(5) The Assistant Chiefs of Staff.”

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. § 8041

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102