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

2004

• Start of Operation Cajun Mousetrap III in Iraq

2005

• Marines and Afghan troops launched an offensive in the remote Afghanistan Korengal Valley. The operation was aimed at rebels believed to have killed 19 U.S. troops in June 2005 hiding out in the eastern Kunar province near the Pakistani border. Only two Marines were wounded during the offensive.

2007

• Start of Operation Lightning Hammer in Iraq
• Start of Operation Phantom Strike in Iraq

2008

• Raid Report – August 13, 2008

2021

• Start of Operation Pitting in Afghanistan

Casualties on August 13:

• WHITE, STEVEN WAYNE – August 13, 2003
• FUNKE, KANE MICHAEL – August 13, 2004
• MORRISON, NICHOLAS BRADLEY – August 13, 2004
• SANTORIELLO, NEIL ANTHONY – August 13, 2004
• DERKS, BRIAN KEITH – August 13, 2005
• COTTRELL, ERIC DWAYNE – August 13, 2007
• HOWELLS, ALUN RICHARD – August 13, 2007
• LOPEZ, JUAN MANUEL JR – August 13, 2007
• PACIFICADOR, PAULOMARKO U – August 13, 2007
• HALE, JAMES MELVIN – August 13, 2008
• CAHIR, WILLIAM JOHN – August 13, 2009
• BOCK, MICHAEL ANDREW – August 13, 2010
• CUNNINGHAM, JOE LEE – August 13, 2011
• BROOKS, ROSHAIN EUVINCE – August 13, 2017
• STIGLER, ALLEN LEVI JR – August 13, 2017