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

2009

• Start of Operation Oqab (Eagle) in Afghanistan

Casualties on July 18:

• BERTOLDIE, JOEL LIN – July 18, 2003
• CAYER, GEOFREY ROBERT – July 18, 2006
• VECCHIONE, MARK RICHARD – July 18, 2006
• CLOUSER, ZACHARY RYAN – July 18, 2007
• GILMORE, RICHARD III – July 18, 2007
• GOMEZ, DANIEL ENRIQUE – July 18, 2007
• GUTIERREZ-ROSALES, LUIS ENRIQUE – July 18, 2007
• GRAMITH, THOMAS JOSEPH – July 18, 2009
• KOPP, BENJAMIN STEPHEN – July 18, 2009
• MCDOWELL, MARK RUSSELL – July 18, 2009
• ALLEN, JUSTIN BRADLEY – July 18, 2010
• BENNEDSEN, ROBERT N – July 18, 2010
• EASTMAN, CHRISTOPHER LUCAS – July 18, 2010
• SANTIAGO, ANIBAL JR – July 18, 2010
• WRIGHTSMAN, JOE LEE – July 18, 2010
• JONES, OMAR ALEJANDRO – July 18, 2011
• KOEHLER, EDWARD WILLIAM III – July 18, 2011
• MOWERY, BRIAN KEITH – July 18, 2011
• VANGIESEN, KENNETH ROWLAND – July 18, 2011
• JOHNSON, STACY OREDIA – July 18, 2011
• REYES, JOSE JOEL – July 18, 2012
• RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL ANTHONY – July 18, 2012
• TOBAR, ANAIS ALEJANDRA – July 18, 2016
• FRIESE, WILLIAM EDWARD – July 18, 2019