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

2004

• End of Operation Backbreaker in Iraq

2005

• An advance group of Marines from 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, returned home to Hawaii from Afghanistan and prepared for the rest of the battalion’s return in the following weeks. The unit deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June 2005.

Casualties on December 22:

• MOORE, STUART WESTLEY – December 22, 2003
• SALTZ, EDWARD MATTHEW – December 22, 2003
• BRITT, BENJAMIN THOMAS – December 22, 2005
• LOPEZ-FELICIANO, WILLIAM – December 22, 2005
• SHEPPARD, JOSHUA DEAN – December 22, 2006
• ROEBUCK, OMAR GREGDORIAN – December 22, 2009
• PRICE, JOB WILSON – December 22, 2012