The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2003
- Operation Sweeny in Iraq
2004
- Operation Tangerine Squeeze in Iraq
2007
- Operation Bone Breaker in Iraq
2014
- Effective October 15, 2014, the DOD designated U.S. and coalition operations “Operation Inherent Resolve” against the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, another name for the Islamic State) along the Syrian-Iraqi border. The commander of U.S. 3rd Army and Army Forces Central Command was designated the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) on October 17, 2014.
2015
- President Obama announced that the posture of 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan would remain through 2016. By the end of 2016, 5,500 troops were expected to remain in Afghanistan to support the U.S. embassy in Kabul and at bases in Bagram, Jalalabad, and Kandahar to train Afghans and focus on counterterrorism operations in the region
Casualties on October 15:
- BURGESS, ALAN JOSEPH – October 15, 2004
- OWEN, MICHAEL GLENN – October 15, 2004
- SALAZAR, WILLIAM ISAC – October 15, 2004
- SANTOS, JONATHAN JOSE – October 15, 2004
- SCHRAMM, BRIAN KEITH – October 15, 2004
- ADAMS, MARK PHILLIP – October 15, 2005
- BYRD, THOMAS HAROLD – October 15, 2005
- CORBAN, JEFFERY WILBUR – October 15, 2005
- HARDY, RICHARD ALLEN – October 15, 2005
- SUMMERS, VINCENT EARL – October 15, 2005
- WATKINS, TIMOTHY DEE – October 15, 2005
- BABB, BROCK ALAN – October 15, 2006
- BARONCINI, LESTER DOMENICO JR – October 15, 2006
- BICKNELL, STEPHEN DEAN – October 15, 2006
- DEESE, JOSHUA – October 15, 2006
- HINES, JOSHUA MICHAEL – October 15, 2006
- LOOTENS, JONATHAN EDWARD – October 15, 2006
- PAINE, MARK CHRISTOPHER – October 15, 2006
- SAINT, JUSTIN ANDREW – October 15, 2008
- FLORES, JESUS OLAR JR – October 15, 2009
- LAWSON, DANIEL COURTNEY – October 15, 2009
- STIVISON, GLEN HALE JR – October 15, 2009
- STYER, BRANDON MICHAEL – October 15, 2009
- BOELK, JAMES DAVID – October 15, 2010