The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2003
- Start of Operation Peninsula Strike in Iraq
- Latif Nusayyif Jasim captured. He was the 10 of Clubs in Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.
- Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez assumes command of U.S. Army V Corps, then serving as Combined Task Force-7 (CTF-7), which controls all coalition forces in Iraq.
2006
- Start of Operation Cool Carpet in Iraq
2008
Casualties on June 09:
- CAUGHMAN, THOMAS DAY – June 9, 2004
- BIRCH, DUSTIN VINCENT – June 9, 2005
- CHAVEZ, DANIEL – June 9, 2005
- EDWARDS, MARK OSCAR – June 9, 2005
- KEELING, THOMAS OLIVER – June 9, 2005
- MURRAY, DAVID JOSEPH – June 9, 2005
- SEYMOUR, DEVON PAUL – June 9, 2005
- SQUIRES, BRAD DUANE – June 9, 2005
- ALDAY, ZACHARY MATHEW – June 9, 2006
- GUERRERO, SALVADOR – June 9, 2006
- SLAVEN, BENJAMIN JAMES – June 9, 2006
- VELEZ, JOSE MIGUEL – June 9, 2006
- ZOUCHA, BRENT BASIL – June 9, 2006
- ENDLICH, CORY MICHAEL – June 9, 2007
- MILLER, SCOTT ALAN – June 9, 2007
- DUNCAN, THOMAS FRANKLIN III – June 9, 2008
- SILVA, EDUARDO SOSA – June 9, 2009
- FLORES, MICHAEL PAUL – June 9, 2010
- GENTZ, JOEL CHRISTOPHER – June 9, 2010
- PLANK, MICHAEL GEE – June 9, 2010
- SMITH, DAVID CAZZIE – June 9, 2010
- WHITE, BENJAMIN DANIEL – June 9, 2010
- O`BRIEN, NICHOLAS SHEA – June 9, 2011
- RICHARD, MATTHEW THOMAS – June 9, 2011
- DAVIS, NATHAN TYLER – June 9, 2012
- CLOUSE, JUSTIN ROBERT – June 9, 2014
- HELTON, JUSTIN RYAN – June 9, 2014
- HURNE, TERRY JOHN – June 9, 2014
- MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW – June 9, 2014
- STUDENMUND, SCOTT RICHARD – June 9, 2014
- TOPPEN, AARON SCOTT – June 9, 2014