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

2001

• Alpha Team 583 and Sharzai’s militia fight a Taliban force at Takhtah Pul. The Taliban retreats the next day.

2003

• Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines left Camp Lejeune for a 7-month deployment to Afghanistan. The deployment came mere months after some members had returned from duty in Iraq. Also in support of the Global War on Terrorism, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) Detachment A replaced HMH-461 earlier in the month as the unit responsible for providing helicopter support throughout the Horn of Africa.

2004

• Operation Plymouth Rock in Iraq

Casualties on November 23:

• ALBERT, PHILLIP ROBERT – November 23, 2003
• KERWOOD, WILLIAM JO – November 23, 2003
• PLUMHOFF, STEVEN – November 23, 2003
• WALKUP, THOMAS ALVA JR – November 23, 2003
• WALTERS, HOWARD ARLEN – November 23, 2003
• MENYWEATHER, EDDIE EUGENE – November 23, 2003
• NASON, CHRISTOPHER GREGG – November 23, 2003
• RAVAGO, REL ALLEN – November 23, 2003
• SMITH, DARRELL LEE – November 23, 2003
• WILSON, JERRY LEE – November 23, 2003
• EDINGER, BENJAMIN CHARLES – November 23, 2004
• BASS, ARAM JORDAN – November 23, 2005
• KNOP, ALLEN JAMES – November 23, 2005
• MEEUWSEN, WILLIAM BENJAMIN – November 23, 2005
• GOODIRON, NATHAN JOEL – November 23, 2006
• PRIESTAP, JAMES DENNIS – November 23, 2006
• MCLEOD, JASON ADAM – November 23, 2009
• PUCINO, MATTHEW ALBERT – November 23, 2009