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Everything about Multinational Force Iraq totally explained » This page is about the military command, for more general discussion of the coalition forces see Multinational force in Iraq or Iraq War.
Multi-National Force - Iraq ( MNF-I) replaced Combined Joint Task Force 7 on May 15, 2004. The land forces component of United States Central Command that carried out the initial invasion of Iraq, designated the Coalition Forces Land Component Command, was established by Commander, US Army Forces Central Command, in 2002/3, to oversee two corps-sized organizations, I Marine Expeditionary Force and V Corps. These two corps-level formations carried out Operation Iraqi Freedom which began on 20 March 2003. CFLCC was replaced by Combined Joint Task Force 7 on 14 June 2003.
Combined Joint Task Force 7
On 23 July 2003 the Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 (OIF-2) rotation for Combined Joint Task Force 7 was announced. The 3rd Infantry Division was to be replaced by the 82nd Airborne Division (-), the I MEF by what was to become Multinational Division South Center, 4th Infantry Division by 1st Infantry Division, with an Army National Guard Brigade attached, 1st Armored Division by 1st Cavalry Division, also with an ARNG Brigade attached, 3 ACR by a Stryker brigade, and 101st Airborne Division by a putative Multinational Division that in the event was never formed. In the event, the 101st was replaced by Task Force Olympia. The 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade were to be withdrawn without replacement.
The complete OIF-2 rotation to brigade level under CJTF-7 was as follows (although OIF-1 and OIF-3 units were present at virtually every point during OIF-2):
III Corps
Task Force Olympia - replaced 101 ABD as Multinational Division North
1st Cavalry Division - Task Force/Multi-National Division-Baghdad
- 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
- 2nd BCT, 1st Cavalry Division
- 3rd BCT, 1st Cavalry Division
- 5th Brigade Combat Team (Provisional), 1st Cavalry Division
- 39th BCT (ARNG) (Baghdad/Taji, Iraq)
1st Infantry Division
- 2nd BCT, 1st ID
- 3rd BCT, 1st ID
- 2nd BCT, 25th ID
- 30th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mechanized) (North Carolina Army National Guard)
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Multinational Division Central-South (Polish led)
Multi-National Force - Iraq May 15, 2004. Multinational Force Iraq was established to handle strategic level issues while Multi-National Corps Iraq (MNC-I) directed the tactical battle. General David H. Petraeus serves as Commanding General. As of mid 2005, the 1st Corps Support Command based at Logistics Support Area Anaconda at Balad, Iraq, was providing theatre logistics support.
The two big units in OIF-3, announced by July 2004, were the 3rd Infantry Division, and the 42nd Infantry Division of the New York National Guard. The 3rd Infantry Division headquarters commanded two brigades of the division and the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard. The division relieved the 1st Cavalry Division in and around Baghdad.
OIF-3 rotation
The complete OIF-3 rotation to brigade level under MNF-I was as follows:
Headquarters XVIII Airborne Corps
29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii (ARNG)
56th Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas ARNG
Task Force Freedom - MNF-Northwest
3rd Infantry Division - MND Baghdad
42nd Infantry Division (ARNG)
II MEF (Fwd)/2nd Marine Division - MNF-West
OIF-4 rotation
The OIF 4 rotation was announced on 14 December 2004.
The 4th Infantry Division's second deployment to Iraq began in the fall of 2005. The division headquarters replaced the 3rd Infantry Division, which had been directing security operations as the headquarters for Multi-National Division - Baghdad. The 4th assumed responsibility on January 7, 2006 for four provinces in central and southern Iraq: Baghdad, Karbala, An-Najaf and Babil. On 7 January 2006, MND-Baghdad also assumed responsibility for training Iraqi security forces and conducting security operations in the four provinces.
The 36th Aviation Brigade's subordination is unclear. It is definitely deployed within MNF-I but whether it's actually under 4th Infantry Division/MND Baghdad is unknown.
The complete rotation to brigade level under MNF-I is as follows:
V Corps (Fwd)
2nd BCT, 1st AD (forward based in Kuwait)
48th BCT (ARNG)
36th Combat Aviation Brigade (Army National Guard)
4th Infantry Division (MND Baghdad)
- 1st BCT, 4th ID
- 2nd BCT, 4th ID
- 4th BCT, 4th ID
- 1st BCT, 10th Mountain Division
- 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division
- 4th BCT, 101st Airborne Division
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
I MEF (Fwd)/1st Marine Division
- RCT-5
- RCT-7
- 2nd BCT, 28th ID (ARNG)
OIF 06-08 rotation
The Pentagon announced on 20 June 2006 that units that will be deploying to Iraq as part of the OIF 06-08 rotation of forces:
III Corps Headquarters, Fort Hood, Texas
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Division Headquarters, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Division Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 45th Sustainment Brigade and 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska
2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado
13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas
2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York
OIF 07-09 rotation
Division Headquarters, 3rd and 4th Brigades, 4st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Division Headquarters, 1st Armored Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Division Headquarters, 1st, 3rd and 4th Brigades, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
III Corps Support Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky
2nd Stryker Cavarly Regiment
Multinational Corps Iraq now oversees divisions in the north of Iraq, in the west (Multi-National Division (West) (Iraq), usually manned by units of the United States Marine Corps), in Baghdad, in the Center South sector (Polish Division) and in the south (the British Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq).
Sources and External links
Defendamerica.mil, First Army Guard aviation brigade called to duty , August 2006
Stars and Stripes, 15th MEU in Kuwait, training for move into Anbar province, November 18, 2006
Full order of battle for "major combat" through May 1, 2003
OIF II rotation details
Official MNF-I site
CFLCC moves, GlobalSecurity.org
British Casualty Monitor: Tracking the war in IraqFurther Information
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