Multi-National Division (South-East) (MND(SE)) was a British commanded military

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responsible for security in the south east of

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from 2003 to 2009. It was responsible for the large city of

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(or

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) and its headquarters were located at Basra Airport. The division was initially responsible for the governorates (roughly

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s) of

Al Muthanna Muthanna Governorate ( ar, المثنى ''Al Muthannā'') or Al Muthanna Province, is a province in Iraq, named after the 7th-century Arab general al-Muthanna ibn Haritha. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia And Kuwait. Its c ...

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, and

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. MND-SE was a subordinate division of

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. Multi-National Corps Iraq was itself part of

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History

In aftermath of the

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, which had the British codename '

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,' the British 1st Armoured Division and 3rd Mechanised Division were successively responsible for the command and control of the occupation forces in south east Iraq. After 3rd Mechanised Division's tour of duty came to an end it was replaced by a composite headquarters still known as MND (SE).

General Officers Commanding

* December 2003 – July 2004: Major-General Andrew Stewart , British Army * July–November 2004: Major-General

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, British Army * December 2004 – June 2005: Major-General Jonathon Riley, British Army * June–December 2005: Major-General James Dutton, Royal Marines * December 2005 – July 2006: Major-General John Cooper, British Army * July 2006 – January 2007: Major-General

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, British Army * January–August 2007: Major-General

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, British Army * August 2007 – February 2008: Major-General

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, British Army * February–August 2008: Major-General

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, British Army * August 2008 – March 2009: Major-General

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) handed over command of the area to the U.S. 10th Mountain Division on 31 March 2009 and the division headquarters closed on that day. After a transfer of authority on 20 May 2009, the 34th Infantry Division, an Army

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Division from

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commanded by Major General Richard C. Nash assumed control of the sector which would eventually redesignate to become U.S. Division-South in August 2009.

Order of battle

In the months following the end of the invasion, the division expanded to include UK, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, Japanese, Australian, NZ, Romanian, Danish, Portuguese, Czech and Lithuanian troops. As of February 2007, the Australians, Romanians, Danes, Czechs and Lithuanians remain (see

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for further information). The UK itself had about 5,500 personnel serving in Iraq, separated into the following battlegroups, as of 1 June 2007:Op Telic 10 - 1 Mechanised Brigade
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Land component

*Headquarters, 1st Mechanised Brigade *Messines & Cambrai Company from London Regiment (Force protection) *215th Signal Squadron,

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*Two squadrons from the Household Cavalry Regiment *Cassino Company, 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment. ROBG (1 SCOTS+1RIR) *The

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*Two squadrons from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment *1st Battalion,

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*One company from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh *2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh *1st Regiment,

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*22nd Engineer Regiment *One squadron from 23rd Pioneer Regiment,

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*3rd Logistic Support Regiment,

*One company from 6th Battalion,

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*3rd Close Support Medical Regiment,

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*158th Provost Company, 3rd Regiment,

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*22nd Battery, 32nd Regiment,

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*34th Field Hospital,

Air component

* 845 Naval Air Squadron ( Sea King Mk 4) *Detachment from 652 Squadron, Army Air Corps (

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) * No. 1419 Flight RAF (

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) * No. 1 and 2 Squadrons RAF Regiment * 4th Force Protection Wing *

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( Nimrod MR2) *

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( Nimrod R1) * 814 Naval Air Squadron (Merlin) *

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( TriStar) * No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron RAF (

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) * No. 617 Squadron RAF (

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) * No. 23 Squadron RAF/ No. 30 Squadron RAF (

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) *

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Maritime component

* HMS Cornwall * HMS Enterprise *

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*Two Mine Countermeasures vessels *Contribution to the 60-man joint US-UK 'Naval Transition Team'

References

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