Camp Fallujah

Former American military compound in Iraq

33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E / 33.31500°N 43.88306°E / 33.31500; 43.88306Site informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceOperatorUnited States Army
United States Marine CorpsSite historyBuilt2003 (2003)In use2003-2009 (2009)Battles/warsOperation Iraqi Freedom
* Operation Vigilant Resolve
* Operation Phantom FuryGarrison informationGarrisonHQ, 1st Division (Iraq)

Camp Fallujah (formerly known as the MEK (Mujahedin-E Khalq) Compound) is a large compound in Fallujah, Iraq formerly 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]

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

U.S. Operational Names

3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - MEK Compound
82nd Airborne - FOB St. Mere
United States Marine Corps - Camp Fallujah

References

^ "Another closing chapter is written in the history of U.S. Military operations with the transition of". Army.mil. October 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21.
^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2009/01/iraq-090112-mnfi01.htm @ GlobalSecurity.org