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

2003

• Start of Operation Athena in Afghanistan
• End of Operation Soda Mountain in Iraq

2007

• End of Operation Ameliyet in Iraq

2008

• Raid Report – July 17, 2008

Casualties on July 17:

• MORENO, DAVID JOHN – July 17, 2003
• WHETSTONE, MASON DOUGLAS – July 17, 2003
• FRANK, CRAIG STUART – July 17, 2004
• HARTMAN, DAVID ALAN – July 17, 2004
• SANCHEZ, EFRAIN JR – July 17, 2005
• TIAI, FRANK FAGA – July 17, 2005
• WILLIAMS, RONNIE DAVID – July 17, 2005
• CHIOMENTO, ROBERT JOSEPH II – July 17, 2006
• BAUGHMAN, NATHANIEL SKORUP – July 17, 2006
• DICKINSON, MICHAEL ANTHONY II – July 17, 2006
• PUGH, KENNETH IRVING – July 17, 2006
• SMITH, SCOTT ROBERT – July 17, 2006
• BARNES, NATHAN STANLEY – July 17, 2007
• BOBB, BRANDON KEITH – July 17, 2007
• CHANEY, JEFFREY LUCAS – July 17, 2007
• HARRELSON, JAMES JACOB – July 17, 2007
• JOSHUA, RON JOSEPH JR – July 17, 2007
• WADE, PATRICK LEE – July 17, 2007
• MANN, JASON DANIEL – July 17, 2008
• LARSEN, JACKIE LOUISE – July 17, 2008
• DREVNICK, DANIEL PAUL – July 17, 2009
• WEIKERT, MATTHEW WARD – July 17, 2010
• ELWELL, KENNETH BRIAN – July 17, 2011
• SPRINGMANN, TYLER MICHAEL – July 17, 2011
• THOMPSON, JABARI NKOSI – July 17, 2011
• COFIELD, MARK ADAMS – July 17, 2011
• FITTS, KRYSTAL MARIE – July 17, 2012
• EVANS, ALONZO – July 17, 2017
• SALDANA, SLAYTON RICHARD – July 17, 2019