Multi-National Corps – Iraq (MNC-I) was a formerly multinational, later U.S. only, army

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created on 15 May 2004, fighting the

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. Its superior body, the

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(MNF-I) had replaced

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on May 15, 2004. The change was made due to "concerns that had existed for some period of time, that the Combined Joint Task Force 7 headquarters was not sufficient to handle the range of military operations in Iraq, including peace support, civil military operations, and at the same time conduct strategic engagement such as talking to the sheiks and talking to the political authorities." Multi-National Force-Iraq was established to handle strategic level issues while Multi-National Corps – Iraq, a subordinate command, directed the tactical battle. A number of US Army corps headquarters rotated into Iraq to provide the MNC-I headquarters. Also created under MNF-I was the

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(MNSTC-I), which primarily directed the reconstruction of Iraqi security forces. With the drawdown of US forces from Iraq per the

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and President

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's announced timeline, Multi-National Corps – Iraq merged back into its parent command of MNF-I, which was renamed

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(USF-I) following the

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of all remaining coalition partners from the country. Canadian Major Generals

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, Peter Devlin, and Nicholas Matern served as Deputy Commanding Generals of Multi-National Corps – Iraq. In 2005, the 1st Corps Support Command based at

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, was providing theatre logistics support.

Rotation deployment

OIF-3

The two units in OIF Rotation (OIF-3) deployed July 2004, were the U.S. Army 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. The complete OIF-3 rotation to brigade level under MNF-I was as follows: Headquarters

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* 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team,

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* 56th Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard * 185 Aviation Brigade (

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) * Task Force Freedom – MNF-Northwest **

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(acting as TF HQ) ** 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ** 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division * 3rd Infantry Division - MND Baghdad ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID ** 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID ** 3rd Brigade Combat Team,

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(

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) ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team,

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** 256th Brigade Combat Team (

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) *** 152nd Maintenance Company , Maine Army National Guard * 42nd Infantry Division (

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) ** 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID ** 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID ** 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team

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(

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) ** 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment

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(

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) * II MEF (Fwd)/2nd Marine Division – Multi-National Force West **

-2 **

-6 ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division ** 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (

) ** 1st Corps Support Command

OIF-4

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

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. 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 is actually under 4th Infantry Division/MND Baghdad is unknown. The complete rotation to brigade level under MNF-I is as follows: Headquarters:

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(Fwd) * 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st AD (forward based in Kuwait) * 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

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(ARNG) * 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (

) * 4th Infantry Division (

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) * 185 Aviation Brigade (

) ** 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th ID ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th ID ** 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th ID ** 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division *** 152nd Maintenance Company , Maine Army National Guard ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ** 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division * 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ** 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st AD ** 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th ID ** 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ** 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ** 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team * I MEF (Fwd)/1st Marine Division ** RCT-5 ** RCT-7 ** 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th ID (ARNG)

OIF 06-08

The Pentagon announced on 20 June 2006 the units that will be deploying to Iraq as part of the OIF 06-08 rotation of forces: * III Corps Headquarters, Fort Hood, Texas U.S.A. *

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, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina U.S.A. * Division Headquarters, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Brigades (4th Brigade 1st CAV then based at Fort Bliss, TX before reflagging to 4 BCT 1 AD in 2008), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas U.S.A. * Division Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 45th Sustainment Brigade and 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii U.S.A * 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska U.S.A. * 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado U.S.A. * 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas U.S.A. * 2nd Brigade, United States Army 1st Infantry Division Schweinfurt, Germany * 2nd Brigade,

, Fort Drum, New York U.S.A. * 36th Combat Aviation Brigade United States Army National Guard units from Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Kentucky U.S.A.

OIF 07-09

* 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas * 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina *

Headquarters, Fort Bragg, North Carolina * Division Headquarters, 3rd and 4th Brigades, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas * Division Headquarters, 1st Armored Division, Wiesbaden, Germany * Division Headquarters, 1st, 3rd and 4th Brigades, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart * 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,

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* III Corps Support Command,

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* 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment * 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood * 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Army Reserve, Coraopolis, PA

OIF 09-11

* 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina U.S.A. *

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Headquarters, Fort Lewis, Washington U.S.A * 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, Fort Hood, Texas U.S.A. *

Headquarters, Fort Drum, New York U.S.A. *

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Headquarters, Rosemount, Minnesota U.S.A. * 25th Infantry Division Headquarters, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii U.S.A. * 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters, Fort Stewart, Georgia U.S.A. *

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Headquarters, Camp Lejune, North Carolina U.S.A. * 28th Infantry Division 56th Stryker Brigade, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania U.S.A. * 28th Infantry Division 28th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania U.S.A. * 772nd Military Police Company (United States) Taunton, Massachusetts U.S.A. Multi-National Corps-Iraq oversaw divisions in the north of Iraq (MND-N), in Baghdad (MND-B), and in the south (MND-S). MND-S was itself a fusion of two former multi-national (UK and Australia) divisions:

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(MND-C) and the British led Multi-National Division – Southeast (MND-SE). The withdrawal of MND-SE ended non-U.S. "coalition force" deployment in Iraq. The United States Marine Corps had sole responsibility for "West Iraq".

References

OIF II rotation details
GlobalSecurity.org * 36th Infantry Div. 1/124 CAV, Delta 949 FSC/BSB (RSTA) Waco, Texas

Sources and external links

MNF-I Official Arabic-language Site

MNF-I Official English-language Site

Institute for the Study of War
* Defendamerica.mil

August 2006 * ''Stars and Stripes''
15th MEU in Kuwait, training for move into Anbar province
November 18, 2006

GlobalSecurity.org

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