Multi-National Forces West (MNF-W) or United States Forces West (USF-W) was one of the coalition headquarters under Multi-National Force-Iraq. It was headquartered by either I or II U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force

Marine Expeditionary Force

A Marine Expeditionary Force or MEF is the largest type of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force...

 that rotated on a 12 month basis. Their area of operations was primarily the Al Anbar province which includes the cities of Ar Ramadi, Fallujah

Fallujah

Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries....

, Al Qaim, and Haditha

Haditha

Haditha is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at . Its population of around 100,000 people is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs...

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Among the smaller multinational units operating within MNF-W was a platoon from the Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Azerbaijani Armed Forces

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic had originally formed its own armed forces from 26 June 1918...

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Commanders

MEF	Commander	From	To
I MEF	James T. Conway James T. Conway James Terry Conway is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who was the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps...	March 2004	September 2004
I MEF	John F. Sattler John F. Sattler Lieutenant General John F. Sattler, United States Marine Corps, was the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was also concurrently the United States' representative to the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations....	September 2004	February 2005
II MEF	Stephen T. Johnson	February 2005	February 2006
I MEF	Richard C. Zilmer	February 2006	February 2007
II MEF	Walter Gaskin	February 2007	February 2008
I MEF	John F. Kelly John F. Kelly Lieutenant General John F. Kelly, United States Marine Corps, was the Commanding General of the Multi-National Force—West in Iraq from February 2008 to February 2009. He was promoted to LtGen assumed command of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North in -Biography:John F. Kelly was born...	February 2008	February 2009
II MEF	Richard Tryon	February 2009	January 23, 2010

See also

• Task Force Leatherneck
  Task Force Leatherneck
  Task Force Leatherneck or MEB-Afghanistan is a a Marine Air-Ground Task Force currently operating in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The name was originally given to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade during its 2009-10 for Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Regional Command South...
  
   - The main Marine headquarters in the War in Afghanistan
  War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
  
  

External links

• Official Public Website for Multi-National Forces - West