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How is a rugby legend helping keep the public safe on MOD land?

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Armed Forces, British Army, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Public safety, Salisbury Plain Training Area
Head and shoulders image of Mike Tindall, a white man with a short beard, smiling at the camera. He wears a military helmet and body armour over a dark jacket.

Last month DIO’s Corporate Communications team invited England Rugby legend and ‘I’m a Celeb’ contestant Mike Tindall to Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) to help us promote our ‘Respect the Range’ public safety campaign. ‘Respect the Range’ is DIO’s biggest …

Excavating a 2,500-year-old Iron Age hill fort

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Archaeology, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Lulworth Training Area, Operation Nightingale
Two men kneel on the ground next to a shallow trench. One, wearing a light red hoodie, is placing an item into a bucket. The background is foggy.

A team of archaeologists and volunteers has just finished excavating part of a 2,500-year-old Iron Age hillfort on Lulworth Training Area. The impressively sited Flower’s Barrow hillfort is sadly being lost to the sea due to coastal erosion due to its …

Year in Review: looking back at 2021

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Accommodation, Communications, Construction, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Facilities Management, Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS), HMNB Clyde, Kenya, Procurement, Runways, Sanctuary Awards, Space Command, Training Estate Public Safety
A Chinook hovers over a barge holding large bags of aggregate.

To nobody’s surprise, 2021 has presented just as many challenges as 2020. Fortunately, DIO’s teams have been up to the task and have continued to work hard for our Armed Forces customers. Here are some of the highlights of the …

From commercial strategies to kiwis, looking back at 2018

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Commercial Strategy, Communications, Procurement, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Marham, Sanctuary Awards
An F-35 landing vertically onto a new landing pad at RAF Marham. The aircraft is a few feet above the ground.

What has DIO been up to in 2018? Heres our summary of some of the key moments of the year, from the RAF and Royal Navy's new F-35 aircraft landing on our new vertical landing pads for the first time to launching our Commercial Strategy.

Six ridiculous excuses for risking your life on the training estate

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Communications, Health and safety, Military Training, Public Access, Public safety
A Byway Open To All Traffic sign on Salisbury Plain. [Crown Copyright, MOD]

Last week we looked at some ways to risk your life on the Defence training estate. When we catch people ignoring the rules, they use a variety of excuses for their actions. Here's a countdown of some of the more ridiculous we’ve come …

How people risk their lives on the military training estate

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Communications, Military Training, Public Access, Public safety, Salisbury Plain Training Area
Cartoon from Reynolds News, 1941, showing someone picnicing in front of a line of tanks

We want people to enjoy the military training estate, but it can be a dangerous place if you don't follow the rules. There are a number of ways you can put your life at risk and here's a few of …

From IRA attacks to escorting the Queen: 25 years of the MOD Guard Service

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Today, access control systems are much more sophisticated. [Crown Copyright/MOD]

1st October marked the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Ministry of Defence Guard Service, (MGS), the specialist unarmed guards who provide security at many MOD sites. To mark the occasion, two MGS guards who have worked at MGS …

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