[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR700.202]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700_UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS--Table of 
Contents
 
                  Subpart B_The Department of the Navy
 
Sec. 700.202  Mission of the Department of the Navy.

    (a) The Navy, within the Department of the Navy, shall be organized, 
trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained combat incident 
to operations at sea. It is responsible for the preparation of naval 
forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as 
otherwise assigned, and, in accordance with integrated joint 
mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the 
Navy to meet the needs of war.
    (b) The Navy shall develop aircraft, weapons, tactics, technique, 
organization and equipment of naval combat and service elements. Matters 
of joint concern as to these functions shall be coordinated between the 
Army, the Air Force and the Navy.
    (c) The Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy, shall be 
organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of 
combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with 
the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the 
conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution 
of a naval campaign. In addition, the Marine Corps shall provide 
detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy, 
shall provide security detachments for the protection of naval property 
at naval stations and bases, and shall perform such other duties as the 
President may direct. However, these additional duties may not detract 
from or interfere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is 
primarily organized.
    (d) The Marine Corps shall develop, in coordination with the Army 
and the Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to 
the tactics, technique and equipment used by landing forces.
    (e) The Marine Corps is responsible, in accordance with integrated 
joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime components of 
the Marine Corps to meet the needs of war.