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

2006

• Marines with 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, deployed for the third time to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

2009

• Start of Operation Shahi Tandar in Afghanistan.

Casualties on January 07:

• MIZENER, JESSE DOUGLAS – January 7, 2004
• GUASTAFERRO, DANIEL FRANK – January 7, 2005
• ANDERSON, STUART MARLIN – January 7, 2006
• BROWN, KYLE W – January 7, 2006
• CAMILO MATOS, RADHAMES – January 7, 2006
• CAMPBELL, JAIME LYNN – January 7, 2006
• DE MOORS, JOSEPH DAVID – January 7, 2006
• EDWARDS, MICHAEL IGNATIUS – January 7, 2006
• FIELD, NATHAN ROBERT – January 7, 2006
• JACOBS, JERIAD PAUL – January 7, 2006
• JOHNSON, ROBERT THOMAS – January 7, 2006
• LA BOUFF, DOUGLAS AMUEL – January 7, 2006
• LITTLE, JASON THOMAS – January 7, 2006
• LUNDSTROM, BRETT LEE – January 7, 2006
• MARTINEZ, MICHAEL RAY – January 7, 2006
• MELSON, JACOB EUGENE – January 7, 2006
• MERCADO, RAUL – January 7, 2006
• TROXEL, CHESTER WILLIAM – January 7, 2006
• UPCHURCH, CLINTON ROBERT – January 7, 2006
• CALDWELL, ERIC THOMAS – January 7, 2007
• LONCKI, ELIZABETH ANN – January 7, 2007
• MILLER, DANIEL BRIAN JR – January 7, 2007
• RADERSTORF, STEPHEN JAMES – January 7, 2007
• WEINER, TIMOTHY RONN – January 7, 2007
• GREEN, MICHAEL LEE – January 7, 2008
• HEALY, JAMES KALEB – January 7, 2008
• HANSON, TIMOTHY ROBERT – January 7, 2008
• HICKMAN, JASON OMAR BRADLEY – January 7, 2010
• GIESE, JOSEPH RYAN – January 7, 2011
• HARDIN, ETHAN CARROLL – January 7, 2011
• LANINGHAM, IRA BENJAMIN IV – January 7, 2011
• NEAR, ROBERT JAMES – January 7, 2011
• BOOKER, ISIAH LEBARON – January 7, 2017