The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2003
- The Marines of 15th MEU(SOC) returned to the Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group and prepared for follow on operations in the Central Command Area of Operations.
- Walid Hamid Tawfiq Surrendered. He was the 8 of Clubs in Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.
2006
- Start of Operation Lion Hunt in Iraq
- End of Operation Swift Sword in Iraq
2008
- More than 1,000 Marines with the 24th MEU stormed into the Taliban-held town of Garmser in southern Afghanistan in the first major American operation in the region in years. Although the Marines met little resistance, bomb-making material and rockets were found and weapons fire was exchanged in two sections of the town.
Casualties on April 29:
- BECKSTRAND, JAMES LEE – April 29, 2004
- CAMPBELL, RYAN MONTGOMERY – April 29, 2004
- DARLING, NORMAN – April 29, 2004
- DAYTON, JEFFREY FRANCIS – April 29, 2004
- ESTEP, ADAM WAYNE – April 29, 2004
- EWING, JEREMY RICARDO – April 29, 2004
- GARRISON, LANDIS WAYNE – April 29, 2004
- KONDOR, MARTIN WILSON – April 29, 2004
- PATTERSON, ESAU GEORGE JR – April 29, 2004
- REED, RYAN EUGENE – April 29, 2004
- SCHMIDT, JUSTIN BRYAN – April 29, 2004
- COOPER, CHARLES STEVEN JR – April 29, 2005
- DEBLANC, DARREN ALAN – April 29, 2005
- FRANK, STEPHEN WILLIAM – April 29, 2005
- GADSDEN, CLIFFORD VALENTINO – April 29, 2005
- HARTING, RALPH JOHN III – April 29, 2005
- SAKODA, STEVE MAKOTO – April 29, 2006
- BOTELLO, BRIAN A – April 29, 2007
- FUNCHEON, ALEXANDER JAMES – April 29, 2007
- MANION, TRAVIS LEMMA – April 29, 2007
- MARTIN, JAY EDWARD – April 29, 2007
- MCDOWELL, DAVID LOREN – April 29, 2008
- YELNER, JONATHAN ANTONIO VEGA – April 29, 2008
- BOLANDER, BRYAN EUGENE – April 29, 2008
- CRAIG, CLAY ALLEN – April 29, 2008
- CORMA, SALVATORE SIMPLICIO II – April 29, 2010
- FRIESE, ROBERT MICHAEL – April 29, 2011
- REIS, DONALD CHARLES – April 29, 2012
- LEE, WESTON CECIL – April 29, 2017
- THOMASON, MICHAEL ANTHONY – April 29, 2019