Beaman, Shannon W., CWO3

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Service Details

Service Status
USMC Active

Final Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 3

Last MOS
8410-Recruiting Officer

Previously Held MOS's
6046-Aircraft Maintenance Administration Clerk
6047-Aircraft Maintenance Data Analyst/Administrator
8411-RSS Recruiter
8412-Career Recruiter
4810-Recruiting Officer
4802-Recruiting Officer-Operational Expert

Primary Unit
2011-Present, 4802, 1st Marine Corps District

Service Years
1992 - Present

Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates

Plank Owner Certificate

Marine Combat Water Survival Qualified (WSQ)

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)


	1998, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
	2005, Marine Corps Recruiters Association
	2009, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
	2009, Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Deputy AER/Quality Control Officer

Operation Deny Flight (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
From Month/Year April / 1993	To Month/Year December / 1995
Description Operation Deny Flight was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that began on 12 April 1993 as the enforcement of a United Nations (UN) no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United Nations and NATO later expanded the mission of the operation to include providing close air support for UN troops in Bosnia and carrying out coercive air strikes against targets in Bosnia. Twelve NATO members contributed forces to the operation and, by its end on 20 December 1995, NATO pilots had flown 100,420 sorties. The operation played an important role in shaping both the Bosnian War and NATO. The operation included the first combat engagement in NATO's history, a 28 February 1994 air battle over Banja Luka, and in April 1994, NATO aircraft first bombed ground targets in an operation near Goražde. These engagements helped show that NATO had adapted to the post-Cold War era and could operate in environments other than a major force on force engagement on the plains of Central Europe. Cooperation between the UN and NATO during the operation also helped pave the way for future joint operations. Although it helped establish UN-NATO relations, Deny Flight led to conflict between the two organizations. Most notably, significant tension arose between the two after UN peacekeepers were taken as hostages in response to NATO bombing. The operations of Deny Flight spanned more than two years of the Bosnian War and played an important role in the course of that conflict. The no-fly zone operations of Deny Flight proved successful in preventing significant use of air power by any side in the conflict. Additionally, the air strikes flown during Deny Flight led to Operation Deliberate Force, a massive NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia that played a key role in ending the war.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year April / 1993	To Month/Year December / 1995

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (3/8)
USS Ponce (LPD-15)
Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 162 (HMR-162)
Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29)
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167)
Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31)