[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: 32CFR700.504]

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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 E_The Commandant of the Marine Corps
 
Sec. 700.504  Statutory authority and responsibility of the 
Headquarters, Marine Corps.

    (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.
    (1) Under the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of 
the Navy, the Headquarters, Marine Corps shall:
    (i) Subject to Sec. 700.311(a), prepare for such employment of the 
Marine Corps, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping 
(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the 
Secretary of the Navy), 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;
    (ii) Investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Marine Corps 
and its preparation to support military operations by combatant 
commands;
    (iii) Prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved 
plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
    (iv) As directed by the Secretary or the Commandant, coordinate the 
action of organizations of the Marine Corps; and
    (v) Perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may 
be prescribed by the Secretary.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (b) 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.