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

2003

• After two weeks on the job, L. Paul Bremer III, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, signs an order disbanding the Iraqi army and intelligence services

2005

• End of Operation Squeeze Play in Iraq

2008

• LtGen Samuel T. Helland, the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, made the decision not to bring criminal charges against two officers whose special operations unit was accused of killing as many as 19 Afghanistan civilians in March 2007. The general made the decision after reviewing the findings of a special tribunal that had spent three weeks hearing testimony in the case in January.
• End of Operation Karez in Afghanistan

Casualties on May 23:

• MOLINABAUTISTA, JORGE ALBERTO – May 23, 2004
• RIDLEN, JEREMY LEON – May 23, 2004
• HEMAUER, KYLE MATTHEW – May 23, 2005
• BARRON, BRYAN EDWARD – May 23, 2005
• BRAZEE, JOSHUA THOMAS – May 23, 2005
• LUNSFORD, AUDREY DARON – May 23, 2005
• PARKER, SABURANT – May 23, 2005
• PEREZ, CHRISTOPHER SHAWN – May 23, 2005
• VARNADO, DANIEL RYAN – May 23, 2005
• VERDUGO, RUSSELL JAMES – May 23, 2005
• FREUND, STEVEN WILLIAM – May 23, 2006
• POSIVIO, ROBERT GENE III – May 23, 2006
• ANZACK, JOSEPH JOHN JR – May 23, 2007
• BUTCHER, STEVE JR – May 23, 2007
• CAGLE, DANIEL PATRICK – May 23, 2007
• TOLEDOPULIDO, VICTOR HUGO – May 23, 2007
• WINTERBOTTOM, JONATHAN DAYA – May 23, 2007
• NORRIS, KYLE PHILIP – May 23, 2008
• ALLERS, THOMAS CRAIG – May 23, 2011
• BLEVINS, WILLIAM SETH – May 23, 2011
• KRIPPNER, ANDREW MARK – May 23, 2011
• LORENZO, KRISTOFFERSON BERNARDO – May 23, 2011
• MORGADO, TRAVIS ALAN – May 23, 2012