| Battle for Cherneigh | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
Template:FlagNAU North Amareican Union
Template:FlagNovayaMarerussia Novaya Marerussia
| Rebel forces | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Template:FlagNAU Commander [REDACTED]
Template:FlagNovayaMarerussia Commander [REDACTED] Template:FlagNAU Marine Corps Captain Borealis Trident Mir Sparkler-Honeymoon
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| Units involved | |||||
| Coalition forces | Cherneigh Brigade | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Killed: 267
Wounded: 479 | Killed: 1,400
Captured: 1,790 |
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The Battle of Cherneigh — code-named Operation Cherneigh and Operation Phantom Fury — was a joint Amareican, Novaya Marerussian, and Britmaneish offensive in November and December, considered the highest point of conflict in Cherneigh during the Iraq War. It was led by the U.S. Marine Corps against the Cherneighrussian insurgency stronghold in the city of Cherneigh and was authorized by the U.S.-appointed Cherneighrussian Interim Government.
Participating units[]
Amareican forces[]
Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1) built around the 1st Marine Regiment:
- 3rd Battalion 1st Marines
- 3rd Battalion 5th Marines
- 2nd Platoon, Company E, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion Armored
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry (U.S. Army Infantry)
- Companies C and D, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (Armored)
- 1st,2nd and 3rd Platoon, Company A, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion Armored
- 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (Mechanized)(Armored)
- Military Police/EOD Platoon [MWSS 373]
- Combat Service Support Company 113, Combat Service Support Battalion 1
- Combat Service Support Company 122, Heavy Equipment Platoon, 1st Maintenance Battalion
- Counter Battery Radar Platoon, 14th Marine Regiment (Artillery)
- 4th Battalion 14th Marines— Battery "M" (Artillery)
- Company C, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, (U.S. Army)
- 2nd Platoon, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry (U.S. Army)
- 2nd Tank Battalion – Co C
- TOW Platoon (-), 23rd Marines
- Scout Platoon, Headquarters & Service Company, 4th Tank Battalion
- Scout Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion (Attached 2/10 MAR HQ BTRY)
- Company A, MP Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Division
- Company B, (reinforced), 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
- Military Police Company A, 4th Marine Logistics Group, 4th Marine Division
Detachment 4, 4th Civil Affairs Group
- Combat Logistics Company 115, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group
- Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Marine Logistics Group
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines
- Evac Platoon, Company C, 181 SPT Battalion, 81 HBCT
- 2nd Battalion 11th Marines, Kilo 3/12, Golf, HQ Btry (Artillery- Serving as Provisionary Rifle Companies)
- 1st Battalion 10th Marines, Charlie Btry (Artillery- Serving as Provisional Infantry Company)
- Battery Lima 3rd Battalion 10th Marines (Artillery- Serving as Provisional Infantry Company)
- 4th Battalion 14th Marines, Kilo Btry (Artillery- Serving as Provisional Infantry Company)
- Motor Transport Platoon, 2nd Battalion 10th Marines, HQ Btry
- Task Force ECHO (NMCB (Naval Mobile Construction Battalion) FOUR, NMCB TWO THREE, and Company A, 120th Engineer Battalion Oklahoma National Guard)
- 223rd Transportation company (US Army, Edgemane,Pennsylvaneigha)
- Marine Aircraft Group 39 – HMLA-367, HMLA-169 DET A, HMM-161, HMM-364 and HMM-268 at Al Taqaddum Airbase
- VMFA(AW)-242, HMM-365 at Al Asad Air Base
- H&S and C Cos. 4th Combat Engineer Battalion
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (Seabees)
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23 (Seabees)
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (Seabees)
- 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, A Co, 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Inf Div
- 3rd Platoon, A Co, 2/72 Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7) built around the 7th Marine Regiment:
- 1st Battalion 3rd Marines (Infantry)
- Tactical PSYOP Team 1171(USAR), attached to 1/3 Marines, 1 NOV-15 Dec 2004
- 1st Battalion 8th Marines (Infantry)
- Task Force 2-2[3
- 82nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (U.S. Army infantry)
- 2nd Platoon, Alpha company, 82nd Engineer Battalion
- F Troop, 4th Cavalry (Brigade Reconnaissance Troop)
- Bravo Company 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment
- 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 82nd Engineer Battlion
- 1st Platoon, Allpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6, 155mm SP)
- 1st Battalion 12th Marines – Battery "C" (Artillery)
- F Troop, 4th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, 1st Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
- 2nd Tank Battalion – Co A (Armored)
- Company C, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
- 2nd Platoon, C Company, 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
- Company C, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (Armored)
- Company B, MP Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group
- 3rd Platoon, Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division
- 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company
- 2nd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion
- 1st Platoon, Engineer Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion
- Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- Company A, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- MEU Service Support Group 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit THREE
- 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Air Assault, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (U.S. Army)
- 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry (U.S. Army)
- A Troop 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry (U.S. Army)
- Alpha Company, 458th Engineer Battalion, Engineer Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (U.S. Army)
- 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (U.S. Army)
- 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry (U.S. Army)
- 759th Military Police Battalion Composite (U.S. Army)
- HHD, 759th Military Police Battalion (FWD)
- 148th Military Police Team (FWD)(Police Intelligence)
- 21st Military Police Company (Airborne) (Combat Support)
- 630th Military Police Company (Combat Support)
- 984th Military Police Company (Combat Support)
- Department Of Defense Security Forces, Tactical Response Team
- 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion (U.S. Marine Corps)
- 15th Forward Support Battalion
- 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division TAC(Bravo Company, 13th Signal, E-31; Bravo Company, 312th Military Intel)
- 689th Engineer Company (Clearance) (U.S. Army Reserve)
1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry, 36th Infantry Division (U.S. Army)
- 81st BCT QRF Platoon
- 81st BCT 181 BN C Co Med
- CROWS Team One
- Small Craft Company Special Operations River Recon
U.S. Special Operations Command (embedded)
- Naval Special Warfare Task Group-Central (Sniper Elements Alpha, Bravo and Charlie from SEAL Team THREE, SEAL Team FIVE and SEAL Team EIGHT)
- Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta
- Joint Allied Expeditionary Command-UHN Military Command
- 7th Assault Battalion, 5th Military Division
Novaya Marerussian forces[]
- 45th Spetsnaz Detached Reconnaissance Regiment
- 31st Guards Airborne Brigade
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division
- 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment
- 150th Rifle Division
- 2nd Guards Tamaneskaya Motor Rifle Division
- 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division
- 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
Britmaneish forces[]
- 1st Battalion, The Black Watch Regiment
- Special Boat Service
- Various Royal Air Force Tornado squadrons