10 USC § 10108 - Navy Reserve: administration

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title: "10 USC § 10108 - Navy Reserve: administration"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "10108"
section_name: "Navy Reserve: administration"
chapter_number: 1003
chapter_name: "RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2971; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(AA), (3)(F), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233, 3234.)"
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# § 10108. Navy Reserve: administration

**(a)** The Navy Reserve is the reserve component of the Navy. It shall be organized, administered, trained, and supplied under the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations.

**(b)** The bureaus and offices of the executive part of the Department of the Navy have the same relation and responsibility to the Navy Reserve as they do to the Regular Navy.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2971; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(AA), (3)(F), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233, 3234.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 5251(a), (b) of this title, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2006—, substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in section catchline.

, substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .