Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§997 Establishment of Women’s Initiative Teams

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 50 — MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES › § 997

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary in charge must create a women's initiative team in each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Each team must find and fix any barriers that keep women from serving, joining, staying, or advancing in that service. Teams must help recruit and retain women, propose policy changes that meet women's needs, and build community. Teams will be made up of service members of different ranks, backgrounds, and jobs, and must work with service leaders and other groups to do this work.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §997

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment.—

The Secretary concerned shall establish a women’s initiative team in each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force to identify and address barriers, if any, to the service, recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in those armed forces.

(b)Duties.—

Each women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)identify and address issues, if any, that hinder service by women in the armed force in which such team is established;

(2)support the recruitment and retention of women in such armed force;

(3)recommend policy changes that support the needs of women members of such armed force; and

(4)foster a sense of community.

(c)Composition.—

Each women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall be composed of members of the armed force in which such team is established of a variety of ranks, backgrounds, and occupational specialities.

(d)Collaboration.—

A women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall work collaboratively with the leadership of the armed force in which such team is established and other stakeholders to carry out the duties described in subsection (b).

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 997

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110