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

2005

• I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and II MEF completed a relief in place (RIP). LtGen John F. Sattler, I MEF’s commanding general, transferred authority to II MEF’s commanding general, MajGen Stephen T. Johnson, during a ceremony in Fallujah, Iraq. Marines with I MEF began arriving home at Camp Pendleton, California, the next day.

2009

• President Barack Obama announced a new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and ordered the deployment of 17,000 troops that had been previously requested by General David McKiernan.

Casualties on March 27:

• MENUSA, JOSEPH – March 27, 2003
• SUAREZ DEL SOLAR, JESUS ALBERTO – March 27, 2003
• TONEY, TIMOTHY – March 27, 2004
• FORSHEY, CURTIS JOHN – March 27, 2007
• GOLCZYNSKI, MARCUS ANDREW – March 27, 2007
• THOMAS, SEAN MICHAEL – March 27, 2007
• MOLINA, JOSHUA ALEXANDER – March 27, 2008
• CHOE, FLORENCE BACONG – March 27, 2009
• TONER, FRANCIS LAWRENCE IV – March 27, 2009
• D’AUGUSTINE, JOSEPH – March 27, 2012
• CABLE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER – March 27, 2013