[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: 32CFR700.405]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700--UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart D--The Commandant of the Marine Corps
 
Sec. 700.405  Composition of the Marine Corps.

    (a) The major components of the regular establishment of the Marine 
Corps consist principally of the Headquarters of the Marine Corps, the 
Operating Forces, and the Supporting Establishment. In addition, there 
is another element of the Marine Corps, the Marine Corps Reserve.
    (b) The Operating Forces of the Marine Corps include the Fleet 
Marine Forces, detachments afloat, and security forces. There are two 
Fleet Marine Forces: Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, and Fleet Marine 
Force, Pacific. These Fleet Marine Forces are assigned to, and are 
integral to, the U.S. fleets as part of the Operating Forces of the 
Navy.
    (c) The Supporting Establishment includes those Marine Corps 
facilities, such as Marine Corps schools, recruit depots, supply 
installations, bases, barracks, air stations and other miscellaneous 
small activities which train, maintain, and support the Operating Forces 
of the Marine Corps.
    (d) The Marine Corps Reserve has as its mission to provide a trained 
force of qualified officers and enlisted personnel to be available for 
active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps in time of war or national 
emergency.