October anniversaries. : 25045811, Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid, GC. 3
...1st October 2009. At the end of October 2009 Schmid was involved in an
operation near Forward Operating Base JACKSON in
Battle Group North's area, Sangin region of Helmand Province. Having
dealt with three IEDs already that day, Schmid and his team were
transiting to
another compound when a searcher discovered a
command wire running down the alleyway they were
using. Schmid and his team were trapped in the alleyway
with no safe route forward or back as they did not know
in which direction the IED was situated. Knowing that his
team were in potential danger, he immediately took
action to reduce the hazard. Schmid eventually traced the
wire to a complex command wire IED in that it
incorporated three linked buried main charges. He was
killed whilst dealing with the device. Schmid's actions on
that fateful day, when trapped in an alleyway with no safe
means of escape, probably saved the lives of his teamSee More