Unknownref|The lack of any organized hierarchy among the Sunni insurgents, in both Anbar and throughout Iraq, prevented U.S. officials from coming up with realistic strength numbers, either for full-time insurgents or part-time insurgents.|group=Note
ref|During the Iraq War, the Marine Corps regularly rotated command of MNF-W between the 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces. For convenience, these changes of command are listed below and the Marine command in MNF-W is simply referred to as "MEF":
I Marine Expeditionary ForceMarch 2004 – February 2005 (James T. Conway/John F. Sattler)March 2006 – February 2007 (Richard C. Zilmer)February 2008 – February 2009 (John F. Kelly)
II Marine Expeditionary ForceMarch 2005 – February 2006 (Stephen T. Johnson)February 2007 – February 2008 (Walter Gaskin)March 2009 – January 2010 (Richard Tryon)
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