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

2003

• Ali Hasan al-Majid (also known as Chemical Ali) is captured. He is the King of Spades in the Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Cards

2004

• Operation Grizzly Forced Entry Iraq

2006

• Marines from 9th Engineer Support Battalion deployed from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

2017

• President Donald Trump announced his strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia in a speech at Fort Myer, VA. He stated, “In Afghanistan and Pakistan, America’s interests are clear: We must stop the resurgence of safe havens that enable terrorists to threaten America, and we must prevent nuclear weapons and materials from coming into the hands of terrorists and being used against us, or anywhere in the world for that matter.”

2021

• End of Operation Devi Shakti in Afghanistan

Casualties on August 21:

• ADAMS, MICHAEL SCOTT – August 21, 2003
• JONES-HUFFMAN, KYLAN ALEXANDER – August 21, 2003
• ALVAREZ, NICANOR ANGEL – August 21, 2004
• COOK, JASON CHESLEY – August 21, 2004
• CUMING, KEVIN ALEXANDER – August 21, 2004
• HUSTON, SETH RYAN – August 21, 2004
• REEDER, EDWARD THOMAS – August 21, 2004
• WASHALANTA, NACHEZ LITTLE FAWN II – August 21, 2004
• HALL, BLAKE WADE – August 21, 2005
• HYLAND, JOSHUA MICHAEL – August 21, 2005
• LEHMILLER, MICHAEL ROBERT – August 21, 2005
• PALMER, CHRISTOPHER LLOYD – August 21, 2005
• ARCAND, ELDEN DAVID – August 21, 2005
• CATHEY, JAMES JEFFREY – August 21, 2005
• MORRIS, BRIAN LEE – August 21, 2005
• NURRE, JOSEPH CHARLES – August 21, 2005
• CLEMMONS, BRAD ALLEN – August 21, 2006
• BRITT, SANDY RICHARD – August 21, 2007
• WITHAM, DONOVAN DEWAYNE – August 21, 2007
• INGRAM, MATTHEW LEE – August 21, 2009
• MALDONADO, ALEXIS VICENTE – August 21, 2010
• SCHULTZ, NATHANIEL JOSEPH AUGUSTUS – August 21, 2010
• DELEON-FIGUEROA, LUIS FELIPE – August 21, 2019
• GONZALEZ, JOSE JUAN – August 21, 2019