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

2003

• The Marine Corps lifted its Stop-Loss and Stop-Movement policies that had been put in place in January of this year. The policies were used to increase the Corps’ combat effectiveness for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Marine Administration message 228-03 offered the details of the phaseout. An estimated 6,000 Marines were affected by the stop-loss.
• Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad is captured. He is the Jack of Spades in the Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.

Casualties on May 12:

• GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, JOSE FRANCI – May 12, 2003
• KOWALIK, JAKUB HENRYK – May 12, 2003
• SAVAGE, JEREMIAH EDWARD – May 12, 2004
• SHAVER, JEFFREY ROSS – May 12, 2004
• JODON, ANDREW RYAN – May 12, 2005
• SMITH, JOHN MCCLELLAN – May 12, 2005
• ZEIGLER, KENNETH EUGENE II – May 12, 2005
• CONBOY, ADAM CHARLES – May 12, 2006
• TEETERS, BRANDON LEE – May 12, 2006
• CONNELL, JAMES DAVID JR – May 12, 2007
• COURNEYA, DANIEL WESTON – May 12, 2007
• MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD – May 12, 2007
• SCHOBER, ANTHONY JASON – May 12, 2007
• DESFORGES, JOSHUA DAVID – May 12, 2010
• LAMAR, DONALD JAMES II – May 12, 2010
• BALDUF, KEVIN BRIAN – May 12, 2011
• PALMER, BENJAMIN JAMES – May 12, 2011
• HERNANDEZ, ALEX III – May 12, 2012
• NUANES, ISRAEL PAUL – May 12, 2012
• VELASQUEZ, JORGE LUIS – May 12, 2012