The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2007
- Battle of Firebase Anaconda in Afghanistan
- Operation William Wallace in Iraq
2008
- LtGen Samuel T. Helland, the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, ordered Sgt Ryan Weemer to court-martial on charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the killing of unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq, on 9 November 2004. The case came to light in 2006 when Sgt Weemer volunteered details to a U.S. Secret Service interviewer during a polygraph screening that included a question about the most serious crime he had ever committed. Two other Marines were also implicated in the crime and were facing charges
- Operation Eagle North in Iraq
2012
- Florent Groberg, Army, Captain, is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on August 8, 2012.
Casualties on August 08:
- BUSH, MATTHEW DUANE – August 8, 2003
- RAMSEY, BRANDON – August 8, 2003
- COLLINS, JONATHAN WILLIAM – August 8, 2004
- FALKEL, CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW – August 8, 2005
- GONZALES CORDOVA, RAMON ERNESTO – August 8, 2005
- KALLADEEN, ANTHONY NELSON – August 8, 2005
- RIOS, HERNANDO – August 8, 2005
- YOUNG, DONALD MICHAEL – August 8, 2007
- CARBULLIDO, ANTHONY MARK – August 8, 2008
- OLVERA, JAVIER – August 8, 2009
- SMITH, TARA JEAN – August 8, 2009
- SWANSON, MATTHEW KALEN SAMUEL – August 8, 2009
- CUZZUPE, PAUL ORAZIO II – August 8, 2010
- GREER, KRISTOPHER DANIEL – August 8, 2010
- NICOL, ANDREW COTE – August 8, 2010
- RAPPUHN, BRADLEY DAVID – August 8, 2010
- PLUTINO, ALESSANDRO LEONARD – August 8, 2011
- GRAY, WALTER DAVID – August 8, 2012
- GRIFFIN, KEVIN JAMES – August 8, 2012
- KENNEDY, THOMAS ELLIOTT – August 8, 2012
- TRENT, GREGORY RAY – August 8, 2012
- MCKENNA, PETER ANDREW JR – August 8, 2015