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

2003

• Saad Abdul-Majid is captured. He is the 3 of Spades in the Iraq’s Most Wanted Deck of Playing Cards.

2005

• Operation Chepultepec in Iraq

2006

• Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen Michael W. Hagee, announced Marines would face criminal charges for the 19 November 2005 incident that left more than two dozen citizens in Haditha, Iraq, dead. The Marines, whose names were withheld, were from the Camp Pendleton-based 3d Battalion, 1st Marines.

2007

• Start of Operation Hoover in Afghanistan

2008

• Operation Siegfried Line in Iraq

Casualties on May 24:

• BEAULIEU, BEAU RAMSEY – May 24, 2004
• COLLINS, RANDY DUANE – May 24, 2005
• DRIER, CHARLES ALLEN – May 24, 2005
• FISHER, DUSTIN COLE – May 24, 2005
• HAHN, PETER JAMES – May 24, 2005
• WALLACE, JEFFREY ROBERT – May 24, 2005
• HERMANSON, MICHAEL LAYNE – May 24, 2006
• ASHLEY, BENJAMIN JAMES – May 24, 2007
• CAGUIOA, MARK RYAN CLIMACO – May 24, 2007
• DEMBOWSKI, ROBERT HENRY JR – May 24, 2007
• DUNHAM, ROBERT EARL – May 24, 2007
• SHOEMAKER, RUSSELL KEITH – May 24, 2007
• URUO, IOSIWO – May 24, 2007
• BARTON, CHRISTOPHER RYAN – May 24, 2010
• CULVER, RONALD WAYNE JR – May 24, 2010
• COFFEY, KEATON GRANT – May 24, 2012
• MILLER, CALE CLYDE – May 24, 2012
• RUIZ, PABLO ALLENDE III – May 24, 2015