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

2003

• The 24th MEU(SOC) began deploying back toward its ships. It was the first Marine unit to depart Iraq after a more than eight-month deployment

Casualties on April 22:

• ARNOLD, ANDREW TODD – April 22, 2003
• BUCKLEY, ROY RUSSELL – April 22, 2003
• CHANNELL, ROBERT WILLIAM JR – April 22, 2003
• LAM, ALAN DINH – April 22, 2003
• TILLMAN, PATRICK DANIEL – April 22, 2004
• DUNHAM, JASON LEE – April 22, 2004
• COLBURN, GAVIN JAMES – April 22, 2005
• ALLCOTT, JACOB HAMILTON – April 22, 2006
• BOUTHOT, MICHAEL EDWARD – April 22, 2006
• COLNOT, KYLE ARNOLD – April 22, 2006
• KING, ERIC DEAN – April 22, 2006
• LUEKEN, ERIC ROBERT – April 22, 2006
• ZIMMERMAN, TRAVIS CLYDE – April 22, 2006
• HAERTER, JORDAN CHRISTIAN – April 22, 2008
• HARRISON, RONALD R – April 22, 2008
• YALE, JONATHAN TYLER – April 22, 2008
• COMSTOCK, WILLIAM CRAIG – April 22, 2009
• DAVIS, BRAD ANTHONY – April 22, 2009
• LABORDE, JOHN KEITH – April 22, 2010
• WORRELL, CHRISTOPHER DUANE – April 22, 2010
• CASTRO, JOHN PAUL – April 22, 2011
• MCCLIMANS, JOSHUA MICHAEL – April 22, 2011
• STIGGINS, ANTONIO GUISEPPI – April 22, 2011
• VAZQUEZ, OMAR JUSTINE – April 22, 2011
• FANKHAUSER, JOSEPH HENRY – April 22, 2012
• METCALF, MICHAEL JOSEPH – April 22, 2012
• WALSH, JONATHAN PATRICK – April 22, 2012