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

2003

• The I MEF transferred authority for five provinces in southern Iraq to the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South at a ceremony at Camp Babylon, Iraq. Three weeks later, Marines handed control of Najaf to a Spanish-led force on 22 September. The delay in the second transfer was due to a deadly car bombing in the holy city on 29 August outside of a mosque.

2007

• Operation Black Shark Iraq

2008

• Raid Report – September 03, 2008

Casualties on September 03:

• PEREZ, NICHOLAS SAMUEL – September 3, 2004
• ROWE, ALAN BLAKE – September 3, 2004
• WILT, NICHOLAS DAVID – September 3, 2004
• WINCHESTER, RONALD DOMINICK – September 3, 2004
• NASS, RYAN JOHN – September 3, 2005
• ANDINO, EDWIN ANTHONY II – September 3, 2006
• HARRIS, SHANE PATRICK – September 3, 2006
• HENKES, RICHARD JOSEPH II – September 3, 2006
• JOHNSON, PHILIP ALEXANDER – September 3, 2006
• MADARAS, NICHOLAS ALEXANDER – September 3, 2006
• MERRILL, JASON LYNN – September 3, 2006
• MILLER, RYAN EDWIN – September 3, 2006
• BALTAZAR, CHRISTOPHER SHAWN JR – September 3, 2009
• CASTIGLIONE, BENJAMIN PHILLIP – September 3, 2009
• SELGE, TODD WILLIS – September 3, 2009
• SHAY, JORDAN MICHAEL – September 3, 2009
• CARVER, ROSS STEVEN – September 3, 2010
• SCOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHN – September 3, 2011
• TERWISKE, ALEC ROBERT – September 3, 2012
• BOLYARD, TIMOTHY ALLEN – September 3, 2018