The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2006
- The Marine Corps announced its plans to pull out the majority of its troops serving in Afghanistan. Although Marines comprised the first conventional ground unit into the country following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, U.S. Army and NATO forces were to assume the defense of the fledgling Afghan government and the continuing hunt for Osama bin Laden and his supporters.
- Marines from the Hawaii-based 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, started arriving home from Afghanistan after completing a five-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit lost three Marines and a Navy corpsman while deployed.
- End of Operation Barnstormer in Iraq
2008
- Operation Restore Peace VI in Iraq
Casualties on May 18:
- MARENCOREYES, DOUGLAS JOSE – May 18, 2003
- SAHIB, RASHEED – May 18, 2003
- CAREY, MICHAEL MARVIN – May 18, 2004
- CHANEY, WILLIAM DAVID – May 18, 2004
- GARYANTES, JOSEPH PAUL – May 18, 2004
- NOLASCO, MARCOS OMAR – May 18, 2004
- WALKER, ANTWAN LAVELLE – May 18, 2005
- ALLEN, LONNIE CALVIN JR – May 18, 2006
- COURNOYER, NICHOLAS REAL – May 18, 2006
- FULKS, WILLIAM BRADLEY – May 18, 2006
- HOLLAND, DANIEL EDWARD – May 18, 2006
- SEIDEL, ROBERT AUGUSTINE III – May 18, 2006
- BAUM, RYAN JOHN – May 18, 2007
- BROWN, SCOTT JAMES – May 18, 2007
- COLLINS, RYAN DANIEL – May 18, 2007
- MARTINEZ, ANSELMO III – May 18, 2007
- MCCANTS, MARQUIS JERMAINE – May 18, 2007
- NASH, CASEY WILLIS – May 18, 2007
- ROMERO, JOSHUA GLEN – May 18, 2007
- WEAVER, DAVY NATHANIEL – May 18, 2008
- HAUNERT, BRANDEN PATRICK – May 18, 2008
- BARTZ, PAUL ROBERT – May 18, 2010
- BELKOFER, THOMAS PATRICK – May 18, 2010
- CLARK, PHILIP P – May 18, 2010
- MCHUGH, JOHN MICHAEL – May 18, 2010
- TIEMAN, RICHARD JAMES – May 18, 2010
- TOMLINSON, JOSHUA ABRAM – May 18, 2010
- XAVIER, PATRICK JR – May 18, 2010
- KIRTON, BRANDON MICHAEL – May 18, 2011
- KNAPP, MICHAEL JOSEPH – May 18, 2012
- KNOX, JABRAUN STEVEN – May 18, 2012