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The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup of July 1958. The current commander is Lieutenant General Qassim Muhammad ...
On 18 June, Quinan was placed in command of all ground forces in Iraq which included Sabine Force and British Forces in Iraq as Iraqforce. From 21 June, Iraqforce was called Iraq Command . [ 2 ] On 1 September 1941, after Persia (modern Iran ) was invaded, Iraq Command was renamed "Persia and Iraq Force" ( PAI Force ). [ 3 ]
The headquarters of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command and the Iraqi Joint Forces Command are the same entity. Since 2006, and probably up to U.S. withdrawal in 2011, the Ground Forces Command has supervised the bulk of the military units of the army.
The Iraqi Armed Forces [c] are the military forces of the Republic of Iraq. They consist of the Ground forces, the Army Aviation Command, the Iraqi Air Force, the Air Defence Command and the Iraqi Navy. The armed forces are administered by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Effective control of the MOD armed forces rests with the Prime Minister of ...
"قاعدة الترشيعات العراقية/نظام شارات رتب ضباط الجيش لعام 1942" [Iraqi Legislation Base/Army Officer Rank Insignia System 1942] (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2017 "Iraq". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia
The average Iraqi soldier is equipped with an assortment of uniforms ranging from the Desert Camouflage Uniform, the six color "Chocolate Chip" DBDU and the woodland pattern BDU to the US MARPAT or Jordanian KA7. The Iraqi Special Forces, known as ISOF, also use Chinese PLA Type 03 camouflage and U.S. Multi cam.
In 2004, he joined the new Iraqi army, serving first as the commander of the operations center and then commander of military operations in western Iraq. Prior to his appointment as Minister on 8 June 2006, he was the commander of the Iraqi Ground forces (IGF).
During the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. VII Corps assembled in full strength and launched an armoured attack into Iraq early Sunday, 24 February 1991, just to the west of Kuwait, taking Iraqi forces by surprise. Prior to the ground offensive, the Iraqi Republican Guard had been attacked relentlessly by US warplanes but managed to shoot down and ...