Multi-National Corps - Iraq
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The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) of Multi-National Corps – Iraq (MNC-I).
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| Active | May 14, 2004 - December 31, 2009 |
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 United States United Kingdom Australia
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| Size | 100,000 |
| Part of | Multi-National Force-Iraq |
| Corps Headquarters | Al-Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Engagements | Iraq War |
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq (MNC-I) was a formerly multinational, later U.S. only, army corps created on 15 May 2004, fighting the Iraq War. Its superior body, the 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."
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 have rotated into Iraq to provide the MNC-I headquarters. Also created under MNF-I was the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I), which primarily directed the reconstruction of Iraqi security forces. With the planned drawdown of US forces from Iraq per the Status of Forces Agreement and President Barack Obama's announced timeline, Multi-National Corps – Iraq merged back into its parent command of MNF-I, which was renamed United States Force - Iraq (USF-I) following the withdrawal of all remaining coalition partners from the country.
In 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 Rotation (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.
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