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

2002

• The 24th MEU sailed through the Suez Canal on the way to the East African nation of Djibouti as the hunt for Al-Qaida moved into the Horn of Africa region. Approximately 700 to 800 Marines were deployed to Djibouti to prepare for any contingency in the region.

2004

• Operation Duliyah Sunrise in Iraq

2005

• The Marine Corps was given approval to create a special operations unit that would deploy alongside the special forces of the other military services. The Marine Corps’ Special Operations Command (SOCom) component, known as MARSOC, was created after several years of discussion by the Pentagon and the Marine Corps, and the creation of a test special operations test unit, Marine Corps SOCom Detachment One in 2003. Initially, the Marine Corps had opted out of SOCom when the command was established in 1986, but the changing world situation caused a revisit of the issue.

2006

• PFC John Jodka III became the first of the eight defendants to admit he participated in the killing of an Iraqi civilian earlier in the year. He pled guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice as part of a plea bargain requiring him to testify against the Marines still awaiting trial. Four days later, attorneys for LCpl Tyler A. Jackson announced that a plea bargain had been reached for their client also. LCpl Jackson would also plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange for his testimony.

Casualties on October 28:

• ADAMS, ALGERNON – October 28, 2003
• BARRERA, MICHAEL PAUL – October 28, 2003
• CAMPOY, ISAAC – October 28, 2003
• AKINTADE, SEGUN FREDERICK – October 28, 2004
• BATTLES, MICHAEL – October 28, 2004
• DOWNING, STEPHEN PAUL II – October 28, 2004
• BANASZAK, DEBRA ANNE – October 28, 2005
• CHAY, KYU HYUK – October 28, 2006
• BRUNER, THOMAS LEE – October 28, 2007
• STANLEY, CODY ROBERT – October 28, 2009
• GALLEGOS, JOSEPH LAWRENCE – October 28, 2009
• DICKMYER, ADAM LYNN – October 28, 2010
• SIMS, JACOB MICHAEL – October 28, 2017
• IRISH, NATHANEIL GEORGE – October 28, 2019