3rd Division, Iraqi Army
The 3rd Division, Iraqi Army is composed of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Brigades, the 3rd Motorized Transportation Regiment, and a Headquarters and Service Company.
Initially comprised of the 4th, 5th, and 8th Brigades, Iraqi Army, the Division was reorganized with the rest of the Iraqi Army in 2006, with its brigades being redesignated as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades. By 2008, the Iraqi Army as a whole had attempted to rationalize its unit designations for brigades, redesignating all 54 brigades to start in sequence starting with the 1st Brigade, 1st Division.
As of April 2006, the 3rd Division was paired with portions of the US Army's 4th Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division and deployed in Ninawa.
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