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

2001

• CIA agent Mike Spann, the first American killed in action in Afghanistan, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Spann served as an artillery captain in the Marine Corps until two years ago, when he decided to join the CIA’s Special Activities Division, where he served as a paramilitary officer. President Bush, at the family’s request, signed a waiver to allow Spann interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Spann was buried with full military honors, carried out by Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington.

2003

• Marine Sgt Christopher Chandler, who lost his left leg below the knee after stepping on a land mine in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 16 December 2001, jumped into the history books as the first service member retained on active duty with a prosthetic limb to graduate from the U.S. Army Basic Airborne Course. Sgt Chandler not only graduated the challenging jump school but was also selected as the class’ noncommissioned officer honor graduate.
• Operation Panther Squeeze in Iraq

2005

• End of Operation Skinner(Gashshaa) in Iraq

2006

• Operation Cougar in Iraq

Casualties on December 10:

• BURDICK, RICHARD ALAN – December 10, 2003
• PETTY, JERRICK MCKEN – December 10, 2003
• ATKINS, JULIA VELINDA – December 10, 2005
• CASICA, KENITH – December 10, 2005
• FLOYD, CLARENCE LAVON JR – December 10, 2005
• NELSON, TRAVIS LYNN – December 10, 2005
• FORD, PHILIP CODY – December 10, 2006
• GIBSON, BRENNAN CHRISS – December 10, 2006
• MURPHY, SHAWN MATTHEW – December 10, 2006
• STEINBACHER, NICHOLAS PAUL – December 10, 2006
• LAHMANN, JOHNATHAN ALAN – December 10, 2007
• TELLO, JHANNER ANDRES – December 10, 2009
• GREEN, STACY ANDRU – December 10, 2010
• LEVY, CHRISTOPHER PHOENIX JACOB – December 10, 2011
• WILLIAMS, WESLEY ROSS – December 10, 2012