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...
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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...
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...
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...
Repairing access to the Fossil Forest
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James Nevitt, Posted on:
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Explosive Ordnance Clearance, Public Access, Public safety
...fossils, still visible today. Removing ordnance Lulworth Ranges is a live firing area, so it was essential to check that there was no unexploded ordnance on the site. We carried...
Reflecting on Women in Defence and International Women's Day
![Numbers of women serving in the Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy are increasing. [Crown Copyright/MOD2010]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Tri-service-2.jpeg)
...She is Director General Army Legal Services and is pictured here with Chief of the General Staff General Sir Nick Carter on the announcement of her promotion to Major General...
Saving archaeology on Salisbury Plain - Silver Otter Award Winner
![Roy Canham, Sanctuary Silver Otter Winner 2017 [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/image1-e1511360931159-768x1024.jpeg)
...convinced that many of these sites that define our history would not exist today if it weren’t for the commitment of the MOD, English Heritage and Wiltshire Council to preserve...
Army Basing Programme welcomes families to Ashdown Estate
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Mark Duddy, Posted on:
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Army Basing Programme, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![Mark Duddy, DIO Programme Director for the Army Basing Programme [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/Mark-Duddy-1024x576.jpg)
...Sindall. These new houses will all be built by 2020. I hope that everyone living on the Ashdown Estate today and for generations to come enjoy these wonderful new homes....
Sanctuary: Behind the scenes
...given to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) sustainability magazine. This year’s edition was officially released this week to coincide with the prestigious Sanctuary Awards, which take place today in the...
Proud to support DIO and the RAF
![RAF Squadron Leader Sarah Brewin [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/04/Sarah-Brewin_3-768x1024.jpg)
...RAF as it is today without the support of DIO. And whilst it commemorates its centenary, the RAF is focussed on the future, with a range of new equipment due...