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

2006

• Marine Corps officials announced they had been authorized to recall thousands of Marines to active duty from the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), a segment of the reserves that consists of those who left active duty but still have time remaining on their eight-year military obligation. It was the first time the Marine Corps planned to use the involuntary recall since the beginning of the Global War on Terror. MARADMIN 397/06 announced the recalls.

Casualties on August 22:

• BELCHIK, CHRISTOPHER WARD – August 22, 2004
• STOVALL, MATTHEW RYAN – August 22, 2004
• HUNT, JOSEPH DANIEL – August 22, 2005
• KATHIRIA, HATIM SIRAJ – August 22, 2005
• LIEURANCE, VICTOIR PATRIC – August 22, 2005
• ROMERO, RAMON – August 22, 2005
• DARGA, PAUL JOHN – August 22, 2006
• BELL, RICKEY LYN – August 22, 2007
• BOUFFARD, JEREMY PAUL – August 22, 2007
• BRODNICK, PHILLIP JOHN – August 22, 2007
• CARDENAS, EDGAR ENRIQUE – August 22, 2007
• DOBOGAI, DEREK ANTHONY – August 22, 2007
• FLYNN, PAUL JOSHUA – August 22, 2007
• HARMON, JOSHUA SCOTT – August 22, 2007
• HOOK, MICHAEL ANTHONY – August 22, 2007
• HUBBARD, NATHAN CARROLL – August 22, 2007
• MCLEAD, GARRETT IAN – August 22, 2007
• PATON, JASON LEE – August 22, 2007
• POLLARD, JESSY GUY – August 22, 2007
• SEIDEMAN, TYLER ROSS – August 22, 2007
• TALLMAN, MATTHEW LAMONT – August 22, 2007
• TORRES, OMAR ERNESTO – August 22, 2007
• TYLER, CORRY PAUL – August 22, 2007
• STUDER, BRIAN EDWARD – August 22, 2008
• LOBOSCO, ANDREW THOMAS – August 22, 2009
• MORIN, DARBY TODD – August 22, 2009
• CALO, JASON DEAN – August 22, 2010
• DELUZIO, STEVEN JOSEPH – August 22, 2010
• MILLET MELETICHE, PEDRO ANTONIO IV – August 22, 2010
• SOUTHWORTH, TRISTAN HOWARD – August 22, 2010
• MAGGART, BRANDON EDWARD – August 22, 2010
• TORRES, LOUIS RAMON – August 22, 2012
• MULALLEY, CHRISTOPHER WAUGH – August 22, 2014