My name is Venus Tingzon and I’m a Senior Project Manager within DIO, a role I have been in since 2020, after joining DIO as a Project Support Officer in 2017. I joined the civil service in 2004, working as …
Hi, I’m Staff Sergeant Nick Bannister and I joined the Army as a Royal Engineer Apprentice in 1998. During my career I’ve trained as a Mechanical Engineer, as well as operating as a Combat Engineer in many theatres of operation. …
Last year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced the Regular Army Basing Plan. This will see the return of some 15,000 Service personnel to the UK from Germany by 2020, concentrating the Army’s manpower in seven geographic areas. These are Salisbury …
As you may have heard, RAF Lyneham closed at the end of 2012. Though it’s not an operational airfield anymore, the site isn’t going to waste as there’s a major project underway to redevelop the site into a new military …
I started out on my military odyssey in the summer of 1988, when I first commissioned into the military. For a variety of reasons, but mainly because I was a rash young man, I decided that my future did not …
I’m Paul Wilson and I work as Area Manager for the South Atlantic in DIO’s Service Delivery team. Many people probably don’t realise the extent of the Ministry of Defence’s overseas bases and training areas. These include Canada, Kenya, Germany, …
I work in DIO’s Communications team at our Head Office in Sutton Coldfield, where a big part of my role is working on our social media channels. That includes this very blog and our Twitter account, @mod_dio – with which …
I’m David Batchelor, DIO’s Drawdown Programme Manager, based in Germany. As you probably know, British forces have been based in Germany since the end of World War II. Until last year, there were about 20,000 troops stationed in the country, …
Phil Abramson, a DIO archaeologist, returns to update us on what he's been up to since his last blog: To be honest sitting at a desk is not usually my favourite way to spend the day. Not just because of …
I’m Paul Burden and I lead DIO’s Explosive Ordnance Clearance (EOC) team. DIO runs the military training estate, which includes firing ranges used by all three Services. This can be artillery, as well as missiles fired from ships and aircraft. …
Hi, I’m Rob Dawson and I was principal project manager for the £180 million ‘Programme to Rationalise and Integrate the Defence Intelligence Estate’ (PRIDE), which consists of 10 new facilities including the Defence Intelligence Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton. Having …