The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2004
- Seven Kuwaiti Islamic extremists were convicted of involvement in the 8 October 2002 attack on Marines participating in urban assault training on the Kuwaiti island of Failaka that left one Marine dead and another wounded. None received more than 5 years jail time and the lightest sentence was probation. The actual gunmen were killed in the attack and none of those convicted were found guilty of the most serious charges of conspiring with the perpetrators.
2005
- Marines and sailors of the 15th MEU returned home to Camp Pendleton after completing a six-month deployment. The unit was initially diverted from its original destination of Iraq to help render aid to the tsunami devastated Indian Ocean area. Following the end of the humanitarian mission, the 15th MEU continued on to the Persian Gulf area to participate in the security and stabilization mission in Iraq.
2008
Casualties on June 05:
- OBERLEITNER, BRANDEN FREDERICK – June 5, 2003
- DOLTZ, RYAN EDWARD – June 5, 2004
- TIMOTEO, HUMBERTO FONSECADAS – June 5, 2004
- FRENCH, CARRIE LEE – June 5, 2005
- POELMAN, ERIC JAMES – June 5, 2005
- ULBRICH, BRIAN SCOTT – June 5, 2005
- VASQUEZ, JUSTIN LEE – June 5, 2005
- WESTHUSING, THEODORE SCOTT – June 5, 2005
- STANLEY, DEREK ANTHONY – June 5, 2006
- JAENKE, JAIME SUZANNE – June 5, 2006
- LAWSON, ISAAC SHAWN – June 5, 2006
- ROVINSKI, GARY THOMAS – June 5, 2006
- VIMOTO, TIMOTHY RAY – June 5, 2007
- BALMER, RYAN ANDREW – June 5, 2007
- HIGGINS, ANDREW JAMES DUQUETTE – June 5, 2007
- KUGLICS, MATTHEW JOSEPH – June 5, 2007
- VERDEJA, JUSTIN ABEL – June 5, 2007
- CARTER, JAMES – June 5, 2008
- MCNAIR, ANDRE DEVON JR – June 5, 2008
- ULMER, ROBERT DOUGLAS – June 5, 2009
- GAUDET, BRADLEY JUSTIN – June 5, 2011
- WHITE, KENNETH RYAN – June 5, 2011
- WALKER, MATTHEW HERBERT – June 5, 2014