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

2003

• One hundred forty-nine Marine reservists with Company C, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion returned to Salt Lake City, Utah, after three months in Iraq followed by a six-month Unit Deployment Program rotation in Japan. The Marines were activated in April for Operation Iraqi Freedom where they were able to adapt to the active-duty environment seamlessly.

2004

• Cpl Wassef Ali Hassoun was charged with desertion in connection with his 19 June disappearance and supposed kidnapping while serving in Iraq as an Arabic translator. The investigation into his disappearance re-opened after some of his personal items were found in Fallujah in November. The hearing on the case was postponed until 13 January 2005 after Cpl Hassoun requested a civilian attorney.

2005

• End of Operation Able Rising Force in Iraq

2017

• End of the 2017 Western Iraq Campaign

Casualties on December 09:

• ADLESPERGER, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT – December 9, 2004
• LEACH, PATRICK DANIEL – December 9, 2004
• RENEHAN, KYLE JOSEPH – December 9, 2004
• SHIELDS, ANDREW CARL – December 9, 2004
• OROSCO, ADRIAN NOE – December 9, 2005
• KRISSOFF, NATHAN MICHAEL – December 9, 2006
• O’LEARY, TANNER JAMES – December 9, 2007
• PICKERING, RANDY WAYNE – December 9, 2007
• MITCHEM, DEREK DAMONE – December 9, 2017
• STEVENS, FRANCIS WALTER III – December 9, 2018