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

2002

• Twenty-two Marines were the first to move back into the Pentagon’s outer E Ring offices that were demolished by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

2004

• End of Operation Cajun Mousetrap III in Iraq

2006

• Marines with the 11th MEU began returning home to Camp Pendleton after a six-month deployment. The MEU was deployed to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf since 15 February 2006 with elements participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom for a time.

2007

• Operation Pericles in Iraq
• Operation Snake River in Iraq

2008

• Raid Report – August 15, 2008

2009

• End of Battle of Dahaneh in Afghanistan

Casualties on August 15:

• GOINS, JAMES MICHAEL – August 15, 2004
• HANNON, FERNANDO BAXTER – August 15, 2004
• PEREZ, GEOFFREY – August 15, 2004
• SAPP, BRANDON ROBERT – August 15, 2004
• SHEPHERD, DANIEL MICHAEL – August 15, 2004
• ZAPATA, MARK ANTHONY – August 15, 2004
• DINGLER, JOSHUA PAUL – August 15, 2005
• RUIZ, JOSE LUIS – August 15, 2005
• SAYLOR, PAUL ANTHONY – August 15, 2005
• STRICKLAND, THOMAS JAMES– August 15, 2005
• PIRELLI, ROBERT RYAN – August 15, 2007
• SAMUELS, PRINCESS CRYSTAL – August 15, 2007
• WALKER, ZANDRA TERNEICE – August 15, 2007
• CARWILE, DONALD CLAYTON – August 15, 2008
• CONLON, PAUL EDWARD JR – August 15, 2008
• RHETT, JAMAL MAURICE – August 15, 2010
• HOLMAN, ERIC SCOTT – August 15, 2012
• KELLER, ANDREW JAMES – August 15, 2012