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Below is an estimated list of the major units deployed within the Multi-National Force - Iraq and other U.S. military units operating in Iraq under United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). In military terms, the description of the units involved in an operation is known as the order of battle (ORBAT). NATO and the U.S. Department of Defense define the order of battle as the identification, strength, command structure, and disposition of the personnel, units, and equipment of any military force. == Overall chain of command == From September 2008 to 31 December 2009, the overall military commander in Iraq was General Raymond T. Odierno, Commander, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) who reported to United States Central Command. MNF-I replaced Combined Joint Task Force 7 in May 2004. MNF-I consisted of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I), and the Joint Contracting Command, Iraq/Afghanistan (JCCIA). On January 1, 2010, Multi-National Force Iraq became United States Forces - Iraq. ===Special Operations Task Forces=== There is a distinction in United States military terms between the troops of Multinational Force-Iraq and forces which fall directly under CENTCOM's control but are in Iraq also. There are two special operations task forces operating in Iraq, Task Force 77 and CJSOTF-AP. Though TF 77, a 'black' force, does not answer to MNF-Iraq, it is included here for the sake of completeness of the U.S. forces operating within Iraq. TF 77 is under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command and its principal mission is to hunt down the leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq.〔Army Times, (SF presence may grow in combat areas ), February 2008〕 *Task Force 77—LSA Anaconda, Balad〔Sean Naylor, (Closing in on Zarqawi ), Army Times, May 8, 2006〕 * *TF North/unidentified battalion 75th Ranger Regiment—unknown location, northern Iraq * *TF West/unidentified element, DEVGRU—unknown location, western Iraq * *TF Center/unidentified squadron, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta—LSA Anaconda * *TF Black/unidentified squadron, 22nd Special Air Service, Baghdad and Basra area〔Thomas Harding, (SAS trooper shot dead in al-Qa'eda raid ), The Telegraph, March 27, 2008〕 The second force, which appears to be separate from TF 77, is the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP). CJSOTF-AP is a "white," or unclassified, special operations task force that as of 2008 was always organized around the headquarters of either 5th Special Forces Group or 10th Special Forces Group.〔(SF presence may grow in combat areas ), 2008〕 Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP), itself answers to Special Operations Command Central. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iraq War order of battle 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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