---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 154102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "154102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/154102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1541 — Naval Sea Cadet Corps"
---

# §154102. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are, through organization and cooperation with the Department of the Navy—

- (1) to encourage and aid American young people to develop an interest and skill in basic seamanship and in its naval adaptations;
- (2) to train them in seagoing skills; and
- (3) to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1432.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 154102 | 36:1042. | Sept. 10, 1962, Pub. L. 87–655, § 2, 76 Stat. 531; Nov. 29, 1974, Pub. L. 93–504, 88 Stat. 1575. |

The word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.