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{{unreferenced, date=August 2021 Coalition Forces Land Component Command, or CFLCC, is a command directing all land forces of different allied countries on behalf of a combatant commander or Joint task force commander. In U.S. military terminology, Unified Combatant Commands or Joint Task Forces can have components from all services and components – Army ~ Land, Air, Naval, Marine, and Special Operations. Thus a Land Component
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is a command directing all land forces on behalf of a combatant commander or JTF commander. Coalition, or sometimes 'Combined', means armed services of different countries are involved. Thus a Coalition Forces Land Component Command is a multinational land force, usually operating as part of a U.S. combatant command, though it could theoretically be applied by other Western and U.S. allied nations.


CFLCC During 'Iraqi Freedom'


The three primary responsibilities of Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC, represented by three separate logos. A Coalition Forces Land Component Command was established under Commander U.S. Army Forces Central Command, Lieutenant General David McKiernan, to direct the two corps-sized formations involved in the initial invasion of Iraq in March 2003,
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and
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. The units to brigade level involved in CFLCC's initial invasion of Iraq were: *
I Marine Expeditionary Force The I Marine Expeditionary Force ("I" pronounced "One") is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the United States Marine Corps primarily composed of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group. It is ...
**2nd MEB **
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*** RCT-1 *** RCT-5 *** RCT-7 ** 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing **
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** British 1st Armoured Division ** 3rd Infantry Division ***1st Brigade, 3rd ID ***2nd Brigade, 3rd ID ***3rd Brigade, 3rd ID ** 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ***1st Brigade, 101st Airborne ***2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne ***3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne **
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**2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division From March until June 2003, CFLCC was joined by 1st Armored Division, 4th Infantry Division, and
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and 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiments. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment formed Task Force Rifles to control the
Al-Anbar Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...
area during its tour in Iraq which ended in September 2003. CFLCC was replaced by
Combined Joint Task Force 7 Combined Joint Task Force 7 was the interim military formation that directed the U.S. effort in Iraq between June 2003 and May 2004. It replaced the Coalition Forces Land Component Command on 14 June 2003. CFLCC was the land forces component of ...
on 14 June 2003. After its replacement by CJTF-7 as the operational headquarters for all ground units in the CENTCOM theater, CFLCC became the primary logistics hub for the theater. CFLCC still remained in charge of logistics for all land forces in theater, and remained the headquarters for U.S. Army Central Command, managing Army service component issues in the CENTCOM theatre. It is also Third US Army, the same unit that George S. Patton commanded during World War II. It is now at
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, Kuwait, with primary Third Army/ARCENT headquarters at
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in Sumter, South Carolina.


External links


Full order of battle for "major combat" through 1 May 2003
(from Archive.org)
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Iraq War Commands of the United States Armed Forces United States Department of Defense doctrine