Army, March 1st, 2006
The V Corps headquarters officially assumed command from the XVIII Airborne Corps for Multi-National Corps-Iraq on January 19. Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli accepted authority from Lt. Gen. John R. Vines in a ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad. This is the second deployment for V Corps headquarters, which first deployed in early 2003 at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters, which was in Iraq for a one-year tour, returned home to Fort Bragg, N.C. The V Corps headquarters arrived from Heidelberg, Germany. During the XVIII's tenure, Iraqis voted in three nat...
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