Tree Felling: Helping Woodlands for the Future
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...wildwood it once was. Modern forestry is largely a commercial enterprise, with the woodlands managed like any crop. But unlike growing corn for cornflakes the timescale for a timber crop...
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From D-Day to today: Braunton Burrows Training Area
...a popular site for the Armed Forces to practise off-road driving skills. [Crown Copyright/MOD2019]Braunton Burrows is still used to train personnel for amphibious landings, but its main use today is...
DIO Accommodation – a year of achievements
I joined DIO in November 2020, having spent the previous six years as Head of Infrastructure first for Joint Forces Command and latterly for Air Command. My wife and I...
International Women's Day - Embracing Equity
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Inclusion, Mental health, Mentoring, Wellbeing, Working at DIO
...immense headache and was subsequently hospitalised for two weeks. That headache turned out to have been a haemorrhagic stroke. That was really a transforming moment for me. I was off...
Training Takes Flight at Former RAF Base
...making to the Armed Forces – DIO’s purpose is to support the Armed Forces by providing what they need to live, work and train and this project ticks all three...
Year in review: reflecting on the challenges and successes of 2020
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Accommodation, Coronavirus, Facilities Management, Glen Mallan jetty, Northern Ammunition Jetty, Operation Nightingale, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Lossiemouth
...year for DIO. In addition to supporting the government’s wider COVID-19 relief efforts, we continued to deliver on a range of key projects and programmes for our customers and staff...
State of the art range tower delivers improved facilities for training troops
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John Shippen, Posted on:
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Castlemartin Training Area, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Military Training
...the art range tower at Castlemartin Range in Pembrokeshire will secure the future for the delivery of tri-service training at Castlemartin. Castlemartin Training Area is large enough for live-firing, tactical...
Increasing training capabilities for the British Army Training Unit Kenya
Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace MP and Ambassador Dr Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary for Defence for the Republic of Kenya, opening Nyati Barracks. [MOD Crown Copyright 2021]One of...
Supporting Exercise Cerberus in Germany: All in a day’s work
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Lt Col Robert Mather, Posted on:
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British Army, Explosive Ordnance Clearance, Germany, Military Training, Sennelager
...for troops, and prepared the training area for use by the 3 UK Division staff to conduct a dry training command exercise which, incidentally, was the largest activity for decades...
2015 Year in Review
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Accommodation, Army Basing Programme, Environment and Ecology, Military Training
...Mark Lancaster TD MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel and Veterans. [Crown Copyright/MOD2015]May saw planning permission granted for fantastic new facilities for 1 Military Working Dogs Regiment...