Multi-National Corps – Iraq

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Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Lloyd J. Austin III
  • U.S. Army General Raymond T. Odierno
    • Insignia
    Distinctive Unit Insignia

    Multi-National Corps – Iraq (MNC-I) was a formerly

    Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) had replaced Combined Joint Task Force 7 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."[1]

    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

    withdrawal
    of all remaining coalition partners from the country.

    Canadian Major Generals

    Logistics Support Area Anaconda at Balad, Iraq
    , 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

    XVIII Airborne Corps


    OIF-4

    Areas of Responsibility in Iraq as at 30 April 2004

    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 is actually under 4th Infantry Division/MND Baghdad is unknown.

    The complete rotation to brigade level under MNF-I is as follows:

    Headquarters: V Corps (Fwd)

    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.
    • II Marine Expeditionary Force, 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,
      10th Mountain Division
      , 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

    OIF 09-11

    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: Multi-National Division-Center (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".

    See also

    • Iraq War order of battle

    References

    1. ^ GlobalSecurity MNC-I page, accessed November 2008
    2. Canada.com
      . Retrieved 2019-08-30.
    3. ^ Elmer, Jon; Fenton, Anthony (January 23, 2008). "Canadian General Takes Senior Command Role in Iraq". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2019-08-30.

    Sources and external links

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