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

2004

• The Marines of the Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii-based 31st MEU were issued deployment orders to the Middle East to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The MEU including 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, and HMM-265, departed Okinawa less than a week later. It was the largest deployment of Hawaii-based Marines in the Global War on Terrorism to date.
• Operation Iron Fury in Iraq

2007

• Operation Little Man Brief in Iraq

2008

• Raid Report – August 17, 2008

Casualties on August 17:

• IVORY, CRAIG STEVEN – August 17, 2003
• POWERS, CALEB JOHN – August 17, 2004
• TITUS, BRANDON THOMAS – August 17, 2004
• ARELLANO, JAMES JOSEPH – August 17, 2006
• ARELLANO, JAMES JOSEPH – August 17, 2006
• EDDS, JONATHAN W – August 17, 2007
• LUSCHER, JONATHON LUKE – August 17, 2008
• STOTTLEMYER, TRAVIS MARTIN – August 17, 2008
• DAMAS, LEOPOLD FRED – August 17, 2009
• HASTINGS, MATTHEW DISHONGH – August 17, 2009
• CHISHOLM, BENJAMEN GLEN – August 17, 2010
• FARLEY, DEREK JOHN – August 17, 2010
• HIGH, CHARLES MILTON IV – August 17, 2010
• ROBERTS, EDGAR NATHANIEL JR – August 17, 2010
• COPES, GREGORY TODD – August 17, 2012
• ENOS, DARREL LYNN – August 17, 2012
• HORNE, CLAYTON JAMES – August 17, 2019