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

2002

• The headquarters element of the I MEF deployed to the Middle East from Camp Pendleton in preparation for a possible war with Iraq. The headquarters element included several hundred planners and commanders whose job was to prepare for the movement of 1st MEF’s troops, aircraft, supplies and equipment in the region. LtGen James T. Conway, who took command of the 1st MEF only a week before the deployment, was among the departing troops. A small contingent of Marines from the 3d Marine Air Wing and support units from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar also deployed with the headquarters element.

2004

• End of Operation Rock Bottom in Iraq

2007

• Approximately 650 Marines with 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, arrived home in California. While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Marines operated in and around Ramadi, the capital of the Iraqi western Al Anbar Province.

2010

• Kyle Carpenter, Marine Corps, Lance Corporal, is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on 21 November 2010.

Casualties on November 21:

• COLEMAN, GARY BRENT – November 21, 2003
• O’NEILL, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER – November 21, 2004
• DEARING, JOHN WILSON – November 21, 2005
• MUSACK, JAMES PAUL – November 21, 2006
• VIZCAINO, ERIC – November 21, 2006
• WATTS, DONOVAN EARL – November 21, 2006
• HENLEY, MELVIN LEE JR – November 21, 2007
• WILSON, MIGUEL ANTONIO – November 21, 2008
• LUFF, DAVID JAMES JR – November 21, 2010
• DIENER, JACKIE LEE II – November 21, 2011
• MURRAY, DENNIS RAY – November 21, 2011
• REIFF, ZACHARY CHRISTOPHER – November 21, 2011