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

2001

• Alpha Team 585 links up with General Bariullah Khan, north of Kunduz, near the Tajikistan border

2008

• The Abu Kamal raid takes place: U.S. SOF cross into Syria via helicopter and eliminated Abu Ghadiya who was primarily involved in al-Qaeda’s logistic effort in Iraq and assisted in smuggling weapons, money and fighters across the Syria-Iraq border and several other militants.

2017

• Start of the 2017 Western Iraq Campaign

Casualties on October 26:

• ACOSTA, STEVEN – October 26, 2003
• BOSVELD, RACHEL KRISTA HEATHER – October 26, 2003
• BUEHRING, CHARLES HENRY – October 26, 2003
• HUGGINS, JAMIE LEE – October 26, 2003
• ACEVEDOAPONTE, RAMON ANTONIO – October 26, 2005
• GENTRY, LEWIS JAY – October 26, 2005
• PARKER, EVAN SEAM – October 26, 2005
• WALLSMITH, THOMAS ALEXANDER – October 26, 2005
• WITKOWSKI, JAMES – October 26, 2005
• MCGINNIS, RICKY LEE – October 26, 2006
• BRENNAN, JOSHUA CHARLES – October 26, 2007
• LAMBERT, DAVID EUGENE – October 26, 2007
• BISHOP, KEITH ROBERT – October 26, 2009
• FLEURY, GREGORY MICHAEL WILLIAM – October 26, 2009
• HERNANDEZ CHAVEZ, JOSUE EMMAN – October 26, 2009
• JONES, ERIC ALTON – October 26, 2009
• LYONS, NIALL DAMIEN – October 26, 2009
• MCNABB, SHAWN HENRY – October 26, 2009
• METZGER, DAVID ELIAH – October 26, 2009
• MITCHELL, DAVID SETH – October 26, 2009
• MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL PATRICK – October 26, 2009
• MUELLER, NICKOLAS ANTHONY – October 26, 2009
• VANDEGIESEN, KYLE ROLF – October 26, 2009
• WESTON, MICHAEL EDWARD – October 26, 2009
• TANNER, PHILLIP CECIL – October 26, 2010
• LYONS, JOHN ALDEN – October 26, 2011