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[CITE: 10USC10172]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 1006--RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 10172. Naval Reserve Force

    (a) Establishment of Command.--The Secretary of the Navy, with the 
advice and assistance of the Chief of Naval Operations, shall establish 
a Naval Reserve Force. The Naval Reserve Force shall be operated as a 
separate command of the Navy.
    (b) Commander.--The Chief of Naval Reserve shall be the commander of 
the Naval Reserve Force. The commander of the Naval Reserve Force 
reports directly to the Chief of Naval Operations.
    (c) Assignment of Forces.--The Secretary of the Navy--
        (1) shall assign to the Naval Reserve Force specified portions 
    of the Naval Reserve other than forces assigned to the unified 
    combatant command for special operations forces established pursuant 
    to section 167 of this title; and
        (2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in 
    the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary 
    of the Navy specified in section 5013 of this title, shall assign to 
    the combatant commands all such forces assigned to the Naval Reserve 
    Force under paragraph (1) in the manner specified by the Secretary 
    of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1211(a)(1), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2689.)
