10 USC § 8038 - Director for Expeditionary Warfare

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title: "10 USC § 8038 - Director for Expeditionary Warfare"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8038"
section_name: "Director for Expeditionary Warfare"
chapter_number: 805
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title IX, § 935(b)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2478, § 5038; amended Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(c)(10), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 98; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 944, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1737; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 932, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(w), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 8038, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8038. Director for Expeditionary Warfare

**(a)** One of the Directors within the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations with responsibility for warfare requirements and programs shall be the Director for Expeditionary Warfare who shall be detailed from officers on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps.

**(b)** The principal duty of the Director for Expeditionary Warfare shall be to supervise the performance of all staff responsibilities of the Chief of Naval Operations regarding expeditionary warfare, including responsibilities regarding amphibious lift, mine warfare, naval fire support, and other missions essential to supporting expeditionary warfare.

**(c)** The Chief of Naval Operations shall transfer duties, responsibilities, and staff from other personnel within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as necessary to fully support the Director for Expeditionary Warfare.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title IX, § 935(b)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2478, § 5038; amended Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(c)(10), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 98; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 944, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1737; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 932, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(w), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 8038, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 8038 to 8040 were renumbered sections 9038 to 9040 of this title.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2016—Subsecs. (b) to (d).  redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “An officer assigned to the position of Director for Expeditionary Warfare, while so serving, has the grade of major general.”

2001—Subsec. (a).  substituted “office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations with responsibility for warfare requirements and programs” for “Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments”.

1993—Subsec. (e).  struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: “This section shall cease to apply on .”

substituted “section” for “subsection”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .