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

2001

• The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was deployed in Pakistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While U.S. Central Command would not comment on the MEU’s specific role, it is trained to carry out a myriad of warfare missions and may have aboard a platoon of force reconnaissance Marines, which often work in tandem with the elite Navy SEALs.

2003

• Militia in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad clash with elements of the 2d Armored Cavalry.

2007

• LtGen James N. Mattis ordered that a court of inquiry be convened to investigate the actions of a Marine Corps special operations company on 4 March 2007 in Afghanistan which left several civilians dead and wounded. The court of inquiry is a rarely convened high-level administrative investigatory body and not a criminal proceeding. To date, no Marine had been criminally charged in connection with the incident.

Casualties on October 10:

• ANDREWS, EVANDER EARL  – October 10, 2001
• PREVETE, JAMES EDWARD – October 10, 2004
• RAMSEY, CARSON JAMES – October 10, 2004
• BONIFACIO, JERRY LEE JR – October 10, 2005
• HODGE, JEREMY MICHAEL – October 10, 2005
• JAMES, LEON GIFFORD II – October 10, 2005
• JOHNSON, LEON MONTIEL – October 10, 2005
• SNEED, BRANDON KEITH – October 10, 2005
• CADY, FRANK LESLIE III – October 10, 2007
• CLAMENS, LILLIAN LADAE – October 10, 2007
• DUCKWORTH, ERIC THOMAS – October 10, 2007
• LANTIERI, JASON MICHAEL – October 10, 2007
• PEARSON, SAMUEL FREDERICK – October 10, 2007
• CAULEY, GEORGE WALTER – October 10, 2009
• OCHOA, ALFONSO JR – October 10, 2009
• HESS, DAVID ALAN – October 10, 2010
• WEIGLE, DAVID JEE – October 10, 2010
• WYRICK, NATHAN LEE – October 10, 2011
• WILKE, JAMES BRIAN – October 10, 2011