...place. British soldiers have trained there for over a century and still use it today. Recently, particularly in the cold and wet, serving soldiers helped plant almost 50,000 native trees...
As of today, our social media activity will be limited until after the general election. This is why: https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/29/the-pre-election-period/...
...responsibilities and activities. DIO Chief Executive, David Mitchard. [Crown Copyright/MOD2015]I’ve spent my time meeting colleagues, customers and ministers, including hosting a visit to our Sutton Coldfield HQ today by Mark...
...Portsmouth includes work to upgrade an existing jetty. [Crown Copyright/MOD2015]Today, we've announced the award of a contract to Boskalis Westminster to dredge the channel into the harbour. You might be...
...it is still known as ‘Halton Bridging Camp’ by older locals – but today it is a general purpose all-year-round camp. It has a small training area catering for regular...
...of all the necessary legalities and clearing of MOD equipment and systems from the building, the sale completed today, 1 March 2016, for in excess of £350m and Mark Lancaster,...
...during the First World War. Prior to and during the Second World War it was an Air Ministry location attached to Porton Down. Today we use it for a variety...
![Soldiers with the Royal Wessex Yeomanry onboard a Challenger 2 main battle tank during a training exercise at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/07/45156642-1024x682.jpg)
...gave way to early radar systems operated on the clifftops reporting to a soldier with a large map and pencils, to computerised systems using fibre optic communications. Today we have...
![The harvester in action at Erlestoke Woods. [Landmarc Support Services/2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/11/Erlestoke-harvesting-site-1024x576.jpg)
...by the end of the 19th Century woodland cover in the UK was as low as 5% of the land surface. If you go down to the woods today… Now...
![Standing Joint Force Headquarters staff visited HMS BULWARK for a brief on Maritime awareness. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/04/DR170031001-SJFHQ_on_Offshore_Raiding_Craft.jpg)
Hi, I’m Helen Pickering and I work in DIO’s Communications team. A lot of my day-to-day job revolves around DIO’s social media channels, so when I was approached to see...