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Contact Info
Last Address Norfolk
Date of Passing Mar 20, 2016
Location of Interment Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (VA) - San Diego, California
Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark L. Rediger (retired), 60, of Norfolk, Virginia, passed away March 20, 2016, at Norfolk, Virginia.
He was born July 6, 1955 in Lexington, Illinois, the grandson of Emile and Viola Rediger and retired Lt. Col. Howard and Eleanor Decker.
Mark graduated from Howe Military School in 1973. He attended Iowa State University and finished his degree while on active duty in the Navy. Mark enlisted in December 1982 and retired in December 2008. During his career, he served on the USS Iowa, USS Scott, USS Normandy and the USS Cape St. George. He was most recently employed as a government contractor at Navy Information Dominance Forces.
Mark is survived by his wife, Peggy Rediger; mother, Doris (Alvin) Friedman; brother, David (Donna) Rediger; sisters, Andrea Rediger and Michele (Matthew) Harris and numerous nephews and nieces.
A family internment with military honors at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif., the resting place of Mark’s grandfather, retired Lt. Col. Howard Decker, is planned for a future date.
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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.
