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

2006

• End of Operation Iron Triangle in Iraq

2008

• Members of 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, began returning home to Camp Lejeune following a seven-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eight days later, Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, also arrived back at Camp Lejeune from Iraq after a seven-month deployment.

Casualties on May 11:

• BRINLEE, KYLE ADAM – May 11, 2004
• DAVIDS, WESLEY GRAHAM – May 11, 2005
• DIXON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT – May 11, 2005
• ERDY, NICHOLAS BRANDON – May 11, 2005
• GRANT, JONATHAN WALTER – May 11, 2005
• GREZ, JOURDAN LIN – May 11, 2005
• IVY, KENDALL HOWARD II – May 11, 2005
• SCHMIDT, JOHN TAYLOR III – May 11, 2005
• BURKART, ARMER NATHAN – May 11, 2006
• BURNETT, JASON KEITH – May 11, 2006
• CLARK, ERIC DAVID May 11, 2006
• GRAMES SANCHEZ, DAVID JAMES – May 11, 2006
• LICALZI, MICHAEL LUCIAN – May 11, 2006
• SNOWBERGER, STEPHEN PAUL III – May 11, 2006
• VAHAVIOLOS, STEVE – May 11, 2006
• FARRAR, WILLIAM ANTHONY JR – May 11, 2007
• ZEMBIEC, DOUGLAS ALEXANDER – May 11, 2007
• BROWN, MATTHEW WARREN – May 11, 2008
• ELLIS, JESSICA ANN – May 11, 2008
• BARTON, JACOB DAVID – May 11, 2009
• BUENO-GALDOS, CHRISTIAN ENRIQUE – May 11, 2009
• HOUSEAL, MATTHEW PHILIP – May 11, 2009
• SPRINGLE, CHARLES KEITH SR – May 11, 2009
• YATES, MICHAEL EDWARD JR – May 11, 2009
• JOHNSON, JEFFREY WARREN – May 11, 2010
• MAY, KENNETH BLAINE JR – May 11, 2010
• THOMPSON, ALEJO RENE – May 11, 2012
• WILSON, WADE DANIEL – May 11, 2012
• RASMUSSEN, DERIC MICHAEL – May 11, 2014