The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2014
- On December 28, 2014, after 13 years of combat operations, President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced the end of OEF, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 2,200 American troops, and the beginning of a follow-on mission on January 1, 2015. A transition ceremony was held at the International Security and Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, attended by U.S. commanders and allied troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Casualties on December 28:
- BLANCO, ERNESTO MANUEL – December 28, 2003
- CUERVO, REY DAVID – December 28, 2003
- JORDAN, CURT EDWARD JR – December 28, 2003
- BRIONES, PABLITO PENA JR – December 28, 2004
- LEHTO, JASON ALLEN – December 28, 2004
- NYREN, NATHANIEL JOHN – December 28, 2004
- HASENAUER, JASON DANIEL – December 28, 2005
- MEISTER, TOBIAS CORBIN – December 28, 2005
- FORBES, AARON MATTHEW – December 28, 2005
- AYALA, LUIS GERARDO – December 28, 2006
- BLUM, ARON CODY – December 28, 2006
- DONICA, DUSTIN ROSS – December 28, 2006
- ESCKELSON, CHRISTOPHER EDWIN – December 28, 2006
- MILLER, NICHOLAS ANDREW – December 28, 2006
- SPENCER, WILLIAM DAVID – December 28, 2006
- GONZALES, TONY JEROLD – December 28, 2008
- NGUYEN, TEVAN LEE – December 28, 2010
- POLING, WILLIAM COMPTON JR – December 28, 2011