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

2005

• Marines and other troops moved into the Iraqi city of Haditha to battle entrenched insurgents responsible for a major assault on the city three weeks earlier.
• Start of Operation New Market(Souk Jadeed) in Iraq.
• Operation Lightning starts in Iraq.

2006

• Seven Marines and a corpsman were accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi man after dragging him from his home in Hamandiyah, Iraq, on 26 April 2006. The Marines were suspected of killing the man and then attempting to cover up the crime by planting a weapon on the victim and making it appear as if the man was in the process of planting a roadside bomb. The incident was still under investigation.
• The Marine Corps expanded eligibility for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal to include Marines that served in countries such as Georgia, Hungary, and Mali. MarAdmin 244/05 announced the changes.
• Operation Tinto in Iraq

2007

• End of Operation Hoover in Afghanistan

2008

• Raid Report – May 25, 2008

Casualties on May 25:

• EVANS, DAVID JR – May 25, 2003
• BEAN, ALAN NORMAN JR – May 25, 2004
• LAMBERT, JAMES PETER – May 25, 2004
• ROSAS, RICHARD HOMERO – May 25, 2004
• SHEEHAN, KEVIN FRANCIS – May 25, 2004
• UNGER, DANIEL PAUL – May 25, 2004
• WITT, OWEN DAVID – May 25, 2004
• SILER, ALFRED BARTON – May 25, 2005
• WIMBERG, DAVID NEIL – May 25, 2005
• BLAIR, ROBERT EDWARD – May 25, 2006
• DICENZO, DOUGLAS ANDREW – May 25, 2006
• LUFKIN, CALEB ANDREW – May 25, 2006
• BAILEY, WILLIAM LEE III – May 25, 2007
• LAFOREST, MATHEW PHILIP – May 25, 2007
• LINDSEY, DAVID PAUL – May 25, 2007
• ROSA, ALEXANDER JR – May 25, 2007
• ZYLMAN, CASEY PHILIP – May 25, 2007
• LEIMBACH, DAVID LEE – May 25, 2008
• DENE, JASON FARROW – May 25, 2008
• EVANS, BLAKE WILLIAM – May 25, 2008
• GASPER, FRANK JOSEPH – May 25, 2008
• WOLFE, DUANE GEORGE – May 25, 2009
• RIVERA, EDWIN – May 25, 2010
• LOEZA, ROBERTO JR – May 25, 2012