clearing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Military Cross Captain SD Bratcher MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 24 March 2006. Major ID Scattergood MBE MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 25 July 2008. Queen's Gallantry Medal Captain Vincent Michael Strafford QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 19 July 2007. Captain Wayne Edward James Owers MBE QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 19 March 2010. Queen's Gallantry Medal with Bar Captain Eamon Conrad Heakin QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 March 2008. Captain Vincent Michael Strafford QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 March 2008. Australian Army The Australian Army also employs ATOs, who are members of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (RAAOC). RAAOC ATOs are trained in Australia, and this training has also been made available to members of other regional (Asia/South Pacific) Defence Forces. Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army has ATOs who are trained at the Pakistan Army Ordnance College. They are selected from the officers of the Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps in almost the same manner as that of the British Army ATOs. They are specialists in the ammunition field, and have many years of experience within Pakistan and other countries, such as Liberia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Congo, CAR and elsewhere the Pakistan Army is deployed as part of the UN. Pakistan ATOs have the unique honour of handling / clearing IEDs and completing EOD Operations during War On Terror in Swat, North and South Waziristan Agencies and even in the settled areas of the countries. Most of the ATOs have specialized from CIED and EOD Trg programmes covered by British and US EOD institutes to assist the Engineers Corps as a technical expert to handle all IEDs and supervise their EOD activities and clearance of ERW. The major part of ATOs was in recent Operation Zarb-e-Azab. It is imperative to note and mention here, that, every field formation of Pakistan Army has a specified ATO appointment amongst its Staff Appointments to work as Advisor on Ammunition Matters to the Formation Commander directly. In UN, ATOs of the Battalions and Sector HQ work hand in glove with UNMAS for all EOD operations and clearance of ERW. South African Army The role and function of the South African Ammunition Corps is to ensure that only safe and effective ammunition is supplied to the Department of Defence and other users. Their functions includes participation in research and development, quality assurance, unit inspection, maintenance and disposal of