[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5, Parts 700 to 799]
[Revised as of  July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR700.103]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700--UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--The Department of the Navy
 
Sec. 700.103  Composition.

    The Department of the Navy is separately organized under the 
Secretary of the Navy. It operates under the authority, direction, and 
control of the Secretary of Defense. It is composed of the executive 
part of the Department of the Navy; the Headquarters, United States 
Marine Corps; the entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of 
the United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps, and the 
reserve components of those operating forces; and all shore activities, 
headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions 
under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. It 
includes the United States Coast Guard when it is operating as a service 
in the Navy.