MEK Compound

Camp Fallujah
Fallujah, Iraq
Camp Fallujah Insignia
Type	Expeditionary base
Coordinates	33°18′54.95″N 43°52′59.41″E
In use	before 2003 (MEK) — present
Controlled by	Iraqi Army
Garrison	HQ, 1st Division (Iraq)
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom * Operation Vigilant Resolve * Operation Phantom Fury

The MEK Compound (Mujahedin-E Khalq) in Fallujah, Iraq (also known as Camp Fallujah) is a large compound used by the U.S. Marines from 2004 to 2009. Prior to 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 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment on May 11, 2003 after the Mujahideen-e-Khalq surrender. On March 24, 2004, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force took over the facility and used it as a base camp. On January 12, 2009, the Government of Iraq took control of the compound from the United States military. As of January 2010, the camp appears to be the headquarters of the Iraqi Army's 1st Division. The last US force to occupy Camp Fallujah was Guardian Company, IMHG, FMF west.

The MEK is adjacent to the other major U.S. base in Fallujah, the former Baathist resort Camp Baharia (also known as "Dreamland").

An M198 howitzer firing from Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2004

U.S. Operational Names

• 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment - MEK Compound
• 82nd Airborne - FOB St. Mere
• United States Marine Corps - Camp Fallujah, or simply The MEK

See also

• History of the United States Marine Corps
• List of United States Marine Corps installations

References

• Camp Fallujah @ globalsecurity.org
• Archived photos from Camp Fallujah