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From casualty evacuations to historic ruins: ready for anything in Belize 

A member of the training team, wearing military uniform, is strapped horizontally into a flying helicopter. The photo is taken from inside the helicopter and the sea is visible through the windows.

Facilitating military training anywhere in the world is an important job. The primary role of DIO (Belize) Range Control, Wardens and Tracker teams is providing a safe place to train and working with exercising units to ensure that military training …

Operation Nightingale: Digging Band of Brothers

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A group of people are kneeling by a dig out in the ground. A black bucket is seen and the workers are looking at archaeology site.

Defence Infrastructure Senior Archaeologist Richard Osgood led an Op Nightingale Dig at a site in Aldbourne, Wiltshire which has significant links to the preparations for the  D-Day landings. The dig, which aligns with the 80th anniversary year of D-Day landings, …

DIO supports behind the scenes at the Ten Tors in Dartmoor

A helicopter flies over a group of people

As the Training Safety Officer for Dartmoor I cover the Dartmoor Training Area from our office in Okehampton Camp. We've just finished supporting the Ten Tors; one of the busiest weekends in the Dartmoor Training Area's calendar. The teams and …

In the jungle: Operating alongside the flora and fauna of Belize

Close up of the head and shoulders of a soldier wearing camouflage uniform and a helmet. He is pointing a rifle directly at the camera and only his left eye can be seen.

Did you know that the British Army undertakes Close Country Tropical Training within the jungles of Belize? The British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB), supported by DIO, operates on one of the MOD’s overseas training areas, which we share …