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home/Docs/Date/02 - February/February 07

February 07

1 views 0 May 9, 2023 Updated on June 17, 2023

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

2003

  • The last active duty FA-18 Hornets with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA(AW)-121) left Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The “Green Knights” of VMFA(AW)-121 had only been back in the United States for three months before returning to action and, unlike previous deployments, the unit had no set return date.

2004

  • Muhsin Khadr captured. He was the 3 of Diamonds in Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.

2005

  • Marines of 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, completed Operation Spurs in Afghanistan. Marines were inserted into different parts of the snow-covered Korangal Valley and searched several houses believed to be hideouts for terrorists. Local Afghanis were also provided with medical care and supplies.
  • Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU began returning to Camp Pendleton, California, following a deployment to Iraq. The 31st MEU also relinquished responsibility of Iraq’s western Al Anbar province and began the return voyage home to Okinawa, Japan, on 28 February.

2006

  • Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group deployed to Iraq. A second wave of Marines from the same unit deployed later in the month on 19 February.

2007

  • Five Marines and two sailors were killed when their Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter was shot down by insurgents about 20 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. It was the fifth U.S. helicopter to be shot down in the hostile country in a three week period.
  • The Marines of 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, returned home to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after completing a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

2009

  • End of Operation Diesel in Afghanistan

 

 

Casualties on February 07:

  • KOKESH, ALLEN DALE JR – February 7, 2006
  • PHILLIPS, STEVEN LEE – February 7, 2006
  • ELLIS, JOSEPH JOHN – February 7, 2007
  • HARRIS, JENNIFER JEAN – February 7, 2007
  • HILL, TARRYL BENIDICT – February 7, 2007
  • LANDAKER, JARED MICHAEL-VINCENT – February 7, 2007
  • MINJARES, GILBERT JR – February 7, 2007
  • PARCELL, JENNIFER MARIE – February 7, 2007
  • PATHENOS, MATTHEW PAUL – February 7, 2007
  • PFISTER, TRAVIS DWIGHT – February 7, 2007
  • RUIZ, MANUEL ANTONIO – February 7, 2007
  • SABA, THOMAS EDWARD – February 7, 2007
  • TIJERINA, JAMES RODNEY – February 7, 2007
  • SOUFFRONT, LUIS ARIEL – February 7, 2008
  • PREACH, KEVIN THOMAS – February 7, 2009
  • WILLIAMS, CHARLES ALVIN II – February 7, 2010
  • CARROLL, PATRICK RYAN – February 7, 2011
  • SWANSON, AARON MICHAEL – February 7, 2011
  • SUTTON, BILLY ALBERT – February 7, 2012

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