March 28

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

2002

  • Marines attached to Joint Task Force-160 arrived home after nearly three months of playing the lead role in the detainee operations at Guantanamo Naval Base (Gitmo). The bulk of the detachment of nearly 500 Marines had arrived at Gitmo 6 January with the first of the detainees arriving 11 January. The Marines return home came on the heels of the change of command of Marine BGen Michael R. Lehnert to Army BGen Rick Baccus.

2003

  • The 24th MEU (SOC) began coming ashore in Kuwait to reinforce I MEF operations in the southern city of An Nasiriyah. The MEU consisted of Battalion Landing Team 2d Battalion 2d Marines, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, and Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24.
  • 101st Airborne Division Apache helicopters strike Medina Division near Karbala.

2008

  • The Marine Corps dropped all charges and granted full immunity to LCpl Stephen Tatum just as jury selection was about to begin for his court-martial in connection with the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005. LCpl Tatum was the third of the four initially charged enlisted Marines to have all charges dropped.

 

Casualties on March 28:

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