Days To Remember
IMPORTANT MILITARY HOLIDAYS
JANUARY 2024
New Year’s Day Jan. 1
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Third Monday in January
FEBRUARY 2024
Black History Month Month of February
Mardis Gras Feb. 13
Groundhog Day Feb. 2
Four Chaplains Day Feb. 3
USO Birthday Feb. 4
National Salute to Veteran Patients Week of Feb. 12
Valentine’s Day Feb. 14
President’s Day Third Monday in February
Coast Guard Reserve Birthday Feb. 19
MARCH 2024
Women’s History Month
Navy Reserve Birthday March 3
Hug a GI Day March 4
Seabee Birthday March 5
Daylight Saving Time Begins March 10
K-9 Veterans Day March 13
American Legion Birthday March 15
St. Patrick’s Day March 17
Rosie The Riveter Day March 21
Medal of Honor Day March 25
Passover April 22 to April 30
National Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29
APRIL 2024
Month of the Military Child
Military Saves Month
April Fool’s Day April 1
Good Friday March 29,
Easter March 31
Gold Star Spouses Day April 5
National Former POW Recognition Day April 9
Air Force Reserve Birthday April 14
Ramadan March 10 (begins), April 9 (ends)
Purple Up! Day April 15
Earth Day April 22
Army Reserve Birthday April 23
National Military Brats Day April 30
MAY 2024
Month of the Military Caregiver
National Military Appreciation Month
Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) First full week in May
National Correctional Officers Week First full week in May
Silver Star Service Banner Day May 1
Loyalty Day May 1
National Day of Prayer First Thursday of May
National Nurses Week May 6 (begins), May 12 (ends)
VE Day May 8
Military Spouse Appreciation Day Friday before Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Second Sunday in May
Armed Forces Week May 11 (begins), May 18 (ends)
Children of Fallen Patriots Day May 13
Peace Officers Memorial Day May 15
Armed Forces Day May 18
Maritime Day May 22
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
JUNE 2024
PTSD Awareness Month
Homeownership Month
D-Day June 6
Women Veterans Day June 12
Army Birthday June 14
U.S. Flag Day June 14
National Flag Week June 09 – 15
Father’s Day Third Sunday in June
Juneteenth June 19
Veterans Golden Age Games August 24 – August 29
Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday June 23
PTSD Awareness Day June 27
JULY 2024
Independence Day July 4
National Hire A Veteran Day July 25
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day July 27
National Buffalo Soldiers Day July 28
Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary July 29
AUGUST 2024
Antiterrorism Awareness Month
Coast Guard Day Aug. 4
Purple Heart Day Aug. 7
U.S. Department of Defense Birthday Aug. 10
Agent Orange Awareness Day Aug. 10
Navajo Code Talkers Day Aug. 14
National Airborne Day Aug. 16
Marine Corps Reserve Birthday Aug. 29
SEPTEMBER 2024
National Suicide Prevention Month
National Service Dog Month
Labor Day First Monday of September
V-J Day (Victory over Japan) Sept. 2
Patriot Day Sept. 11
Constitution Week Sept. 17 -23
Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15
Air Force (USAF) Birthday Sept. 18
Office of the Sec. of Defense Birthday Sept. 18
Air National Guard Birthday Sept. 18
National POW/MIA Recognition Day Third Friday in September
Gold Star Mother’s Day Last Sunday in September
Warrior Games June 21 – June 30
Yom Kippur Oct. 11, 2024 (begins), Oct. 12 (ends)
Rosh Hashanah Begins (at sunset) Oct. 2 – Oct. 4
VFW Day Sept. 29
OCTOBER 2024
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Month of October
Columbus Day Second Monday in October
U.S. Navy (USN) Birthday Oct. 13
Day of the Deployed Oct. 26
Navy Day Oct. 27
Halloween Oct. 31
NOVEMBER 2024
National Veterans & Military Family Month Month of November
Warrior Care Month Month of November
National Family Caregivers Month Month of November
Daylight Savings Time Ends Nov. 3
National Veterans Small Business Week Oct. 29-Nov. 2,
Marine Corps Day/Birthday Nov. 10
Veterans Day Nov. 11
Armistice/Remembrance Day Nov. 11
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
DECEMBER 2024
Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Birthday Dec. 1
#GivingTuesday Tuesday after Thanksgiving
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Dec. 7
U.S. National Guard Birthday Dec. 13
National Wreaths Across America Dec. 18
Hanukkah Begins Dec. 25, 2024 – Jan. 2, 2025
Christmas Day Dec. 25
Kwanzaa Dec. 26 – Jan. 1
New Year’s Eve Dec. 31
Important Dates in Military History
January
1/16 Desert Storm (Persian Gulf) Began (1991)
1/27 Vietnam War Cease Fire (1973)
1/31 Panama Campaign Ended (1990)
February
2/1 National Freedom Day
2/2 Army Nurse Corp Established (1901)/Groundhog Day
2/3 USO Incorporated
2/13 Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Established (1943)
2/23 Iwo Jima Flag Raising (1945)
2/27 Persian Gulf Cease-Fire Day
March
3/3 Star Spangled Banner Day
3/19 Iraqi Freedom Began (Iraq War)(2003)
3/24 Kosovo Campaign Began (1999)
3/25 National Medal of Honor Day
3/29 Vietnam Veteran’s Day/Palm Sunday
3/31 Somalia Campaign Ended (1995)
April
4/6 Army Day/US Entered WWI (1917)
4/9 National Former POW Recognition Day
4/11 Desert Storm Cease-fire (Persian Gulf War)(1991)
4/12 Civil War Began (1861)
4/25 Spanish-American War Began (1898)
May
5/2 Women’s Overseas Service League Established (1921)
5/7 Unconditional Surrender of all German Forces Signed (1945)/National Day of Prayer
5/8 V-E Day (1945)/Military Spouses Day
5/13 Navy Nurse Corps Established (1908)
5/15 Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Established (1942)/Peace Officers Memorial Day
5/16 Armed Forces Day
5/21 American Red Cross Founded (1881)
5/22 National Maritime Day
5/25 Memorial Day
June
6/6 D-Day Invasion (1944)
6/12 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act (1948)
6/14 Flag Day US Army Established (1775)
6/22 Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1942)/GI Billed Signed Into Law (1944)
6/25 Korean War Began (1950)
6/30 Post 9/11 GI Bill Signed Into Law (2008)
July
7/1 Women’s Army Corp & Cadet Nurses Corp Established (1943)/Air Force Nurses Corps Established (1949)
7/2 US Army Air Corps Established (1926)
7/4 Independence Day
7/27 Korean War Armistice Signed (1953)
7/28 WWI Began (1914)
7/30 Navy Women’s Reserves (WAVES) Established (1942)
August
8/4 US Coast Guard Established (1790)
8/5 Women Air force Service Pilots Established (1943)
8/7 Purple Heard Medal Established (1782)/Vietnam War Began (1964)
8/10 Spirit of ’45 Day
8/14 End of War with Japan announced (1945)/National Navajo Code Talkers Day
8/16 National Airborne Day
8/19 National Aviation Day
8/26 Women’s Equality Day, Women Win the Vote (1920)
8/31 Iraqi Freedom Ended (2010)
September
9/1 New Dawn Began (2010)
9/2 Japan Formally Surrendered (1945)
9/3 American Revolution Ended (1783)
9/10 Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron Founded (1942)/US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated (1962)
9/11 Patriot’s Day/National Day of Service and Remembrance
9/13 Grandparent’s Day/Rosh Hashanah
9/14 Ladies Auxiliary VFW Organized (1914)
9/15 POW/MIA Recognition Day
9/17 Citizenship Day
9/17 U.S.Constitution Approved (1787)
9/18 US Air Force Established (1947)
9/24 Gold Star Mother’s Day
9/29 VFW Day/VFW Established (1899)
October
10/6 Enduring Freedom Began (Afghanistan War) (2001)
10/7 Afghanistan War Began (2001)
10/13 US Navy Established (1775)
10/20 Women’s Army Corps Disestablished (1978)
10/23 Grenada Campaign Began (1983)
10/24 United Nations Day
10/27 Navy Day
November
11/10 US Marine Corps Established
11/11 Veteran’s Day/WWI Armistice Signed (1918)
11/23 USCG Women Reserve (SPAR’s) Established (1942)
11/21 Grenada Campaign Ended (1983)
December
12/1 Civil Air Patrol Established (1941)
12/5 Somalia Campaign Began (1992)
12/7 Peal Harbor Attacked (1941)
12/8 War Declared on Japan (1941)
12/11 Germany and Italy Declared War on US (1941)
12/15 Official End of War in Iraq (2011)/Bill of Rights Day
12/16 Battle of the Bulge
12/20 Panama Campaign began (1989)
12/31 Official End of WWII (1946)/Kosovo Campaign Ended (2013)