10 USC § 2032 - Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2032"
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title: "10 USC § 2032 - Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2032"
section_name: "Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency"
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 546(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1746.)"
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# § 2032. Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency

**(a)** **Coordination.—** The Secretary of each military department, in establishing, maintaining, transferring, and terminating Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units under section 2031 of this title, shall do so in a coordinated manner that is designed to maximize enrollment in the Corps and to enhance administrative efficiency in the management of the Corps.

**(b)** **Consideration of New School Openings and Consolidations.—** In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of a military department shall take into consideration—

**(1)** openings of new schools;

**(2)** consolidations of schools; and

**(3)** the desirability of continuing the opportunity for participation in the Corps by participants whose continued participation would otherwise be adversely affected by new school openings and consolidations of schools.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 546(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1746.)