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

2002

• The 225 Marines of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, the “Thunderbolts”, returned to MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, to cheering friends and family. The squadron was the first Marine aviation element to launch airstrikes in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. They deployed in late September 2001 and spent 135 days flying 700 combat sorties off the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Sea with only eight days off.

2003

• Marines of Task Force Tarawa seized a hospital in An Nasiriyah that was being used as a staging area for Iraqi paramilitary forces. Marines captured 170 enemy troops and located a large weapons cache while Marines located at the Marine Combat Headquarters in Southern Iraq were battered by a significant sandstorm with winds in excess of 60 knots.
• Operation Northern Delay in Iraq
• 3d Infantry Division encircles An Najaf; 173d Airborne Brigade parachutes into Bashur area.

2005

• Operation Swashbuckle in Iraq

Casualties on March 26:

• NAVE, KEVIN GERARD – March 26, 2003
• SANDOVAL, LEROY JR – March 26, 2004
• FISCUS, MICHAEL TODD – March 26, 2005
• HERSHEY, BRETT MICHAEL – March 26, 2005
• HIESTER, MICHAEL THOMAS – March 26, 2005
• SNYDER, NORMAN KYLE – March 26, 2005
• GODBOLT, LEE MYLES – March 26, 2005
• SINCLAIR, ISIAH JOSEPH – March 26, 2005
• CANDELO, STEVEN IVAN – March 26, 2008
• RUNDELL, GREGORY BRIAN – March 26, 2008
• ROSS, JUSTIN DAVID – March 26, 2011
• WILSON, WILLIAM ROBERT III – March 26, 2012