Troop Deployments Iraq  

Best Known as of April 1, 2004
 

UK Dispositions
[UK forces are now subsumed under Multi National Division South East]

US III Corps [Coming in, HQ V Corps returning to Germany]
US Marine Corps
Military Police Units
National Guard Brigades
National Guard Infantry Battalions

Summary US Deployments

[We request individuals with the time and inclination help us track US units in Iraq using public sources. This will help keep our list current.  Please email us if you can help.]

Thanks for correcting errors are due to:

Judith Stanley - Steven D. Santa Maria - Vera Trnkova - Kelly Keeton - Christina Stevenson - Kimberly Grimm - Frank Gibbons

Iraq is operationally divided into 3 areas, but defacto there are 4: West Iraq, South Iraq, North Iraq, and Baghdad.

Forward HQ, US 3rd Army [Qatar, Kuwait]

[Because rotation will not be completed for some weeks, some withdrawing units are still in-theatre. For simplicity, we take no note of that.]

 

Detailed US dispositions [last known position]

HQ V Corps

Military Police Units [As of 2/7]

Kindly note that a number of MP companies from the National Guard have, or are, going home. This list is only partially updated.

By Frank Gibbons

Kindly note MP units shift around so for MP companies the last identified station or battalion may no longer be accurate

MP Brigades

  • 16th Brigade [elements]
  • 18th Brigade [returned]
    • 709th MP Bn
    • 168th MP Bn
  • 22nd MP Brigade
  • 89th Brigade [Baghdad, takes over 18th Bde AOR 1/31/2004]
    • 607th MP Bn
    • 720th MP Bn
    • 759th MP Bn
  • 94th Brigade [National Guard]
  • 800th Brigade [Baghdad IAP] National Guard, 1,400 troops

MP Battalions [Brigade not identified]

  • 890th Bn [National Guard]
  • 118th Bn
  • 310th Bn
  • 384th Bn
  • 391st Bn
  • 49th Bn
  • 716th Bn [Karbala]
 

MP Companies

82nd [82nd AbnDiv]
97th [709th Bn]
101st [101 AbnDiv: Returned to Ft. Campbell]
105th [Baghdad area]
115th [Balad]
135th
143rd
157th
194th [ex. Ft. Campbell, previously wrongly reported as 104th] 204th
210th [Al Hillah] ?Returned?
214th [Baghdad] Please notify us if we are confusing 204th 214th
223rd
233rd [May have returned]
300th
307th [Baghdad]
527th [709th Bn]
537th
549th [ex 3rd MP Bn][Baghdad]
614th
615th
649th [Baqubah]
933rd [Talill]
977th [at Diwaniya]
988th [Nasiriyah]
1139th [was 709th MP Bn, now 168th MP Bn supporting 82nd AbnDiv]
1775th
2175th [likely 18th MP Bde]

National Guard Brigades

[now carried in the V Corps TO]

  • 53rd Brigade [returning sometime between Feb-April 2004]
    • 1/124 Inf
    • 2/124 Inf
    • 3/124 Inf

 

Note on National Guard Infantry Battalions

  • 1/124th Infantry [Ar Ramadi, Globalsecurity.org says Baghdad]
  • 2/124th Infantry, elements attached to 3/124, with 1st ArmdDiv, Baghdad; entered Iraq in March 2003; HQ & HQ Co went to Afghanistan as part of TF Afghan National Army and was not deployed to West Asia
  • 3/124th Infantry, Baghdad [were to return Florida August, now rumored date is November]
  • 1/179th Infantry [AA] returning July-August, [45th Bde, National Guard] this is first identification we have for this unit in Iraq
  • 1/162nd Infantry [AA] in Iraq; 2/162nd Infantry [AA] to deploy [41st Bde, National Guard]
  • 1/152nd Infantry [last identified supporting 4th MechDiv N of Baghdad, end July 2003]

[Note: 1/124, 2/124, 3/124 all belong to Florida's 53rd Infantry Brigade; though the battalions are organized as AA units, they are not trained for air assault and do not have the qualified soldiers for the role]

US Marine Corps