---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 3156"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "3156"
heading: "Mission readiness exercises"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/3156"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part V — Acquisition"
  - "Subpart A — General"
  - "Chapter 209 — Operational Contract Support"
  - "Subchapter I — Joint Policies on Requirements Definition, Contingency Program Management, and Contingency Contracting"
---

# §3156. Mission readiness exercises


The joint policy required by [section 3151 of this title](/usc/10/3151.md) shall also provide for the incorporation of contractors and contract operations in mission readiness exercises for operations that will include contracting and contractor support.


## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1810(a), (b)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4162, 4164.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of subsec. (e)(3) of section 2333 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(6), was based on Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, § 849(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 245.

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(6), transferred subsec. (e)(3) of section 2333 of this title to this section, struck out par. (3) designation at beginning, and inserted “required by section 3151 of this title” after “The joint policy”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.