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

2007

• Operation Safe Neighborhood in Iraq

2008

• The first of three scheduled court-martials pending against members of the Camp Pendleton-based 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, for the slaying of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005, began. 1stLt Andrew A. Grayson, a former intelligence officer, was not present at the time of the incident but was charged with improperly investigating the deaths as well as ordering another Marine to destroy evidence.
• Operation Gravel Dump in Iraq

Casualties on May 28:

• BRADLEY, KENNETH RAY – May 28, 2003
• PEREZ, JOSE AMANCIO III – May 28, 2003
• SCHRAM, MATHEW EARL – May 28, 2003
• BARNHILL, MICHAEL SCOTT – May 28, 2005
• SAYLES, PHILLIP NICHOLAS – May 28, 2005
• SMART, ALBERT EUGENE – May 28, 2005
• ALEXEEV, ALEXANDRE ALEXANDROVICH – May 28, 2007
• BAKER, ZACHARY DAVID – May 28, 2007
• CEDENO SANCHEZ, JUNIOR – May 28, 2007
• CHURCH, THEODORE ULAND – May 28, 2007
• EWING, ANTHONY DAVID – May 28, 2007
• HEIDTMAN, KEITH NEIL – May 28, 2007
• MCFALL, THOMAS MICHAEL – May 28, 2007
• SUMMERS, JAMES EUGENE III – May 28, 2007
• WEST, KILE GRANT – May 28, 2007
• TRIMBLE, CHAD MICHEAL – May 28, 2008
• CLORE, PETER JAMES – May 28, 2011
• HAMILTON, ADAM SCOTT – May 28, 2011
• BRAINARD, JOHN R III – May 28, 2012
• CHASE, JULIAN CLEMENT – May 28, 2012
• PRATT, JOHN CASTLE – May 28, 2012