Camp Fallujah

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Camp Fallujah
FOB St. Mere
Flag of the United States Army.svgFlag of the United States Marine Corps.svg
Fallujah, Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Camp Fallujah logo patch - May 2008.jpg
Camp Fallujah Insignia
Camp Fallujah is located in Iraq
Camp Fallujah
Camp Fallujah
Shown within Iraq
Coordinates33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E / 33.31500°N 43.88306°E / 33.31500; 43.88306Coordinates: 33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E / 33.31500°N 43.88306°E / 33.31500; 43.88306
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUnited States Army
United States Marine Corps
Site history
Built2003 (2003)
In use2003-2009 (2009)
Battles/warsOperation Iraqi Freedom
* Operation Vigilant Resolve
* Operation Phantom Fury
Garrison information
GarrisonHQ, 1st Division (Iraq)

Camp Fallujah (formerly known as the MEK (Mujahedin-E Khalq) Compound) is a large compound in Fallujah, Iraq used by the U.S. Marines from 2004 to 2009.

History[]

Before the Marine occupation, the Iranian dissident group called Mujahideen-e-Khalq used the MEK as a training camp, but turned it over to the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment on May 11, 2003 after the Mujahideen-e-Khalq surrender. The 82nd Airborne Division took over the facility in August 2003 and created Forward Operating Base St. Mere. On March 24, 2004, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force took control from the 82nd Airborne and renamed the FOB, Camp Fallujah in order to better associate the camp with the local Iraqi city.[1] On January 12, 2009, the Government of Iraq took control of the compound from the United States military.[2] As of January 2010, the camp appears to be the headquarters of the Iraqi Army's 1st Division. The last US force to occupy Camp Fallujah was Guardian Company, IMHG, FMF west.

The camp is adjacent to the other major U.S. base in Fallujah, the former Ba'athist resort Camp Baharia (also known as "Dreamland").

An M198 howitzer firing from Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2004

U.S. Operational Names[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Another closing chapter is written in the history of U.S. Military operations with the transition of". Army.mil. October 21, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2009/01/iraq-090112-mnfi01.htm @ GlobalSecurity.org


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