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Revision as of 17:33, 2 November 2008
Combined Joint Task Force 7 replaced the Coalition Forces Land Component Command on 14 June 2003. CFLCC was the land forces component of United States Central Command that carried out the initial invasion of Iraq, was established by Commander, U.S. Army Forces Central Command, in 2002/3, to oversee two corps-sized organizations, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and V Corps. These two corps-level formations carried out Operation Iraqi Freedom which began on 20 March 2003.
The United States deployed more than seven-eighths of the soldiers in the occupying coalition with the majority of other troops coming from the United Kingdom and the rest made up from several other allies. Their status as Coalition Provisional Authority, or "Occupying Powers" under a United Nations resolution changed when the new government came to power on June 28, 2004, although they were still heavily influenced by the massive U.S. military and diplomatic presence in the country.[1]
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 (ARNG) 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 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):
Headquarters: III Corps
- 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team (Washington ARNG)
- Task Force Olympia - replaced the 101st Airborne Division as Multinational Division North
- 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (United States)
- 1st Cavalry Division - Task Force/Multi-National Division-Baghdad
- 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
- 5th Brigade Combat Team (Provisional), 1st Cavalry Division
- 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (ARNG) (Baghdad/Taji, Iraq)
- 1st Infantry Division
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st ID
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st ID
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th ID
- 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (Mechanized) (North Carolina Army National Guard)
- Multinational Division Central-South (Polish led)
- Polish Brigade
- Plus Ultra Brigade
- Ukrainian Brigade
References
- ^ "PART 1: A government with no military, no territory". Asia Times Online. 11-03-2006.
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Further Reading
- Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006
- Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor, Cobra II, Pantheon Books, 2006