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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§8042 Headquarters, Marine Corps: General Duties

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 806 — HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS › § 8042

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Headquarters, Marine Corps must give professional advice and help to the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Under the Secretary’s control, Headquarters, Marine Corps must get the Corps ready for use and handle things like recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including research and development), training, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining the Corps, subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014 of this title. It must also check and report on Marine Corps efficiency and readiness to support combatant commanders, write and oversee detailed instructions for approved plans, coordinate Corps organizations when directed, and carry out other duties the Secretary assigns that are not already set by law.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8042

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(a)The Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(b)Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Navy, the Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall—
(1)subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 8014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the Marine Corps, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including research and development), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the Marine Corps, as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Commandant;
(2)investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Marine Corps and its preparation to support military operations by combatant commanders;
(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 Commandant, coordinate the action of organizations of the Marine Corps; 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

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(a)(1), renumbered section 5042 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8014” for “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. § 8042

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102