The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2004

• Start of Operation Centaur Fast Gas in Iraq
• Operation Rock Slide in Iraq

2006

• Start of Operation Koa Canyon in Iraq.

2007

• End of Operation Mountain Fury in Afghanistan
• The Marines of 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, completed an 18 day battalion-level operation in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province in an effort to disrupt insurgent activity along the Euphrates River Valley. The operation netted approximately 15 weapons and munitions caches and 9 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were later destroyed.

2008

• Marine Corps officials announced that approximately 3,200 Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) would be deployed in the spring of 2008 to Afghanistan in response to a request for additional forces from the NATO-International Security Assistance Force commander.

Casualties on January 15:

• PATTERSON, JAYTON DANIEL – January 15, 2005
• SWINDELL, NATHANIEL TROY – January 15, 2005
• DUDKIEWICZ, KASPER ALAN CAMACHO – January 15, 2006
• KENDALL, DUSTIN LEE – January 15, 2006
• ANDERSON, IAN CHRISTIAN – January 15, 2007
• COOPER, JOHN EDWARD – January 15, 2007
• CORBETT, JASON JARRARD – January 15, 2007
• DAILY, MARK JENNINGS – January 15, 2007
• GRIMM, MATTHEW TYLER – January 15, 2007
• BARTLEY, MICHAEL PATRICK – January 15, 2011
• LAMAR, MARTIN JAMES – January 15, 2011
• TORRE, JOSE ANTONIO JR – January 15, 2011
• BATEMAN, JON-LUKE – January 15, 2012
• COCHRAN, KENNETH ELDREN – January 15, 2012
• WISE, BENJAMIN BRIAN – January 15, 2012
• LEE, DANIEL TYLER – January 15, 2014