The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2003
- Start of Operation Desert Snowplough in Iraq
2004
- Marines, according to military sources, killed more than 80 insurgents during a three-week assault in southern Afghanistan. The assault on the Taliban stronghold was a demonstration that there was no refuge for terrorists, especially on the eve of Afghanistan’s first free elections that were scheduled for late 2004. Only two Marines were wounded in the fierce fighting in those few weeks, however, less than two weeks later, two Marines were killed and another wounded in the eastern part of the country after they were ambushed during an operation near the Pakistani border.
2007
- Operation Northwestern Shoulder in Iraq
- Operation Chicken Coup II in Iraq
2008
2010
- Start of Operation New Dawn in Afghanistan
Casualties on June 12:
- CORLEW, SEAN MITCHELL – June 12, 2002
- SHERO, ANISSA ANN – June 12, 2002
- TYCZ, PETER PAUL II – June 12, 2002
- MUNIER, CHARLES EARL – June 12, 2006
- JOHNSON, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER – June 12, 2007
- LEGRAND, DAMON GLENN – June 12, 2007
- STRONG, JOHNNY RAY – June 12, 2007
- ARAGON, JOHN DAVID – June 12, 2008
- ANDERSON, BRIAN MICHAEL – June 12, 2010
- MCDANIELS, JOSHUA BRENT – June 12, 2011
- O`CONNOR, SEAN MICHAEL NICHOLAS – June 12, 2011
- MCNABB, BARETT WAMBLI – June 12, 2012
- PINNICK, TREVOR ADAM – June 12, 2012
- SOJA, MAREK ANDRZEJ – June 12, 2013
- DANIEL, MONTERRIOUS TRAVELLE – June 12, 2015