Firing at ground targets: Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range
![RAF Regiment Forward Air Controllers (FACs) from the Air Land Integration Cell (ALIC), based at RAF Honington (Suffolk), guide a Typhoon from 6 Squadron onto their target at the Cape Wrath practice range in Scotland. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/09/45155464-1024x461.jpg)
...it was involved in the defence of industrial areas in Bristol and South Wales. RAF Pembrey itself was closed in 1957 and handed to Carmarthen County Council, so today we...
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Talking the talk: a secondment at Joint Forces Command
![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...
Tree Felling: Helping Woodlands for the Future
![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...
100 Years of Firing At Lulworth Training Area
![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...
Improvements to training facilities at New Zealand Farm Camp
...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...
MOD completes sale of historic Old War Office
...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,...
Fighting Flooding at Halton Training Camp
...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...
Clearing the way for the carriers – dredging the harbour for the QEC
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...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...
From IRA attacks to escorting the Queen: 25 years of the MOD Guard Service
![Today, access control systems are much more sophisticated. [Crown Copyright/MOD]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/10/IMG_9224-1024x660.jpg)
...MOD’s Headquarters in London, known as Main Building. I’m a supervisor and work in a team with two other supervisors; we facilitate the day-to-day running of the building. My duties...
Limitations on Social Media During Pre-Election Period
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/...