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

2004

• Hovercraft and helicopters began unloading hundreds of Iraq-bound Marines and their gear into Kuwait from Navy ships. Marines from I MEF sent advance troops for on-the-spot lessons from the leaving Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and set the groundwork for the rest of the unit which was set to arrive a few weeks later.

2005

• Operation River Blitz in Iraq.

2006

• Operation Dirty Harry in Iraq

Casualties on February 20:

• BACON, HENRY ALBERT – February 20, 2004
• COLLADO, JAY T – February 20, 2006
• DAVILA, JESSIE – February 20, 2006
• AHLQUIST, CLINTON WAYNE – February 20, 2007
• FORD, RICHARD LEE – February 20, 2007
• KIM, LOUIS GENE – February 20, 2007
• ALVAREZ, CONRAD – February 20, 2008
• BITTON, ALBERT – February 20, 2008
• MACKEY, BRYANT WAYNE – February 20, 2008
• MATLOCK, MICHEAL BENSON JR – February 20, 2008
• RAUDENBUSH, NATHAN R – February 20, 2008
• BESSA, JEREMY EUGENE – February 20, 2009
• DAVIS, TIMOTHY PETER – February 20, 2009
• HURT, DAVID LEE – February 20, 2009
• CARDENAZ, MICHAEL DAVID P – February 20, 2010
• ECKARD, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM – February 20, 2010
• HIDALGO, DAREN MIGUEL – February 20, 2011
• ODIORNE, BRIAN PATRICK – February 20, 2017