shooting in dc Military honour for bomb disposal expert

British Army Captain Mike Kennedy risked his life to defuse a bomb that was within minutes of being detonated by Afghan insurgents. Now he is to be awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for 'exemplary acts of bravery'.

Mike, 30, of The Royal Engineers, and his Improvised Explosive Device Disposal team were supporting a Brigade Operations Company that had landed by helicopter at a compound.

After scaling the compound walls using ladders, a search revealed bomb-making equipment and a number of concealed IEDs.

As Michael and his team prepared to neutralise the IEDs remotely in the hope of recovering the items intact, a message came through that he had five minutes before the patrol would be extracted by helicopter.

With time now major obstacle to retrieving the IEDs intact, Michael decided to destroy them. Insurgents were now reported to be in the area and preparing to detonate a concealed command wire IED.

Noticing a patch of disturbed earth near the ladder used to scale the compound walls, he discovered a large artillery shell with a command wire running off to a tree-lined area that insurgents were moving toward. Realising he had minutes to neutralise the device before it was detonated he shouted to the patrol commander to evacuate the area.

Once his colleagues were out of harm's way, he set about defusing the device, cutting the command wire and carefully removing the detonator. With time running out before the extraction of the patrol, he quickly placed explosive charges near the remaining IEDs detonating them from a safe vantage point. All of this was completed within just five minutes.

This was Mike's third tour of Afghanistan. He said: "I feel pretty privileged and very humble about receiving this award. It's made me think and reflect about my last tour of Afghanistan in 2013 and the friends and colleagues I shared previous tours with over the years."

During that time, Mike has seen great changes in formerly deserted and areas. Changes that he knows have been brought about by the coalition's efforts: "Life in these areas have changed unbelievably," he said. "That for me has been the most gratifying part of all of the tours."

His citation states: "Kennedy knowingly exposed himself to substantial risk in order to protect his fellow soldiers. He discovered a CWIED yet remained calm and collected in spite of the immediate danger and growing enemy threat.

"His actions were conducted alone and under considerable time pressure; it is extremely rare for IEDD operator to under such time constraints. Kennedy was fully aware that the consequences of failure were his death or maiming."

The Queen's Gallantry Medal can be awarded to civilians or military personnel "for exemplary acts of bravery."

The announcement was made today with the release of the latest operational honours and awards list which includes 117 personnel. The awards are principally for actions roughly during the period March to September 2013 during Operation HERRICK 18.

Find out who else received military honours: http://www.army.mod.uk/news/26174.aspx

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