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

2002

• Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA(AW)-121), the Green Knights, returned to Miramar, California, after a more than five month deployment to Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The Green Knights flew a total of 4,846 hours since 16 April without a single aircraft mishap in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

2005

• Start of Operation Bowie in Iraq
• Start of Operation Saratoga in Iraq

2006

• Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marines, returned home to Camp Lejeune following the unit’s seven-month deployment to Iraq. The unit lost 17 Marines during the deployment.
• Start of Operation Commando Hunter in Iraq
• Operation SOUK in Iraq

Casualties on October 02:

• JACKSON, MARK WAYNE – October 2, 2002
• ROARK, TIMOTHY JAMES – October 2, 2005
• ARMIJO, SANTOS RAYMOND – October 2, 2006
• ELLIS, JAMES DARREN – October 2, 2006
• GREENLEE, SATIEON VINARD – October 2, 2006
• JARRETT, JUSTIN ROBERT – October 2, 2006
• NARVAEZ, JOE ANTHONY – October 2, 2006
• OREMUS, MICHAEL KEVIN – October 2, 2006
• PERRY, JOSEPH WALTER – October 2, 2006
• WALKER, KRISTOFER CARL – October 2, 2006
• CANNON, MARK RUSSELL – October 2, 2007
• VON ZERNECK, JASON ERIC – October 2, 2008
• SETZLER, TAVARUS DANARD – October 2, 2008
• ADAMS, RYAN CHRISTOPHER – October 2, 2009
• NEWTON, ALAN HOWARD JR – October 2, 2009
• OWENS, BRANDON ANDRE – October 2, 2009
• SKLAVER, BENJAMIN A – October 2, 2009
• SMITH, AARON MICHAEL – October 2, 2009
• HENDERSON, AARON ARTHUR – October 2, 2012
• GOLDEN, JONATHAN JOSEPH – October 2, 2015
• HAMMOND, RYAN DAVID – October 2, 2015
• JOHNSONHARRIS, QUINN LAMAR – October 2, 2015
• PIERSON, JORDAN BRADFORD – October 2, 2015
• RUIZ, KCEY ELENA – October 2, 2015
• SARTAIN, NATHAN COLE – October 2, 2015