Camp Fallujah

Camp Fallujah
FOB St. Mere
Camp Fallujah; FOB St. Mere
Fallujah, Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
	Camp Fallujah Insignia
	Camp Fallujah Shown within Iraq
Coordinates	33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E / 33.31500°N 43.88306°E
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	United States Army; United States Marine Corps
Site history
Built	2003
In use	2003-2009
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom; * Operation Vigilant Resolve; * Operation Phantom Fury
Garrison information
Garrison	HQ, 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").