...– one for Junior Ranks, one for Officers and one for Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs). Trainees will also enjoy sports and recreation facilities, Officer and SNCO Messes, as well as...
...inclusion of Penhale. Unfortunately, they had to abandon plans to include the site and so there was no requirement for the lease. This was a particular disappointment for me as...
...and Royal Air Force for land- or sea-based deployments. This programme is vital to the future capability of the UK’s Armed Forces and will ensure that the UK has a...
...and the newly delivered Wildcat HMA Mk2, a refurbished Squadron Office Block for 825 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and a new build Squadron Office Block for 815 NAS. Since then...
![The Silver Otter, given to the overall winner. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/12/sanctuary_45-Awards.jpg)
...my name is Iain Perkins. I’m the editor of Sanctuary magazine and we’re now looking for nominations for this year’s awards. Defence Minister Mark Lancaster presents an award at last...
![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)
...Stuart Skeates. It consists of three separate but related organisations – the Standing Joint Force Logistic Component, the Joint Force Headquarters and the Standing Joint Force Headquarters. The HQ can...
![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)
...estate for the MOD. Air Weapons Ranges are vital for training our pilots and gunners and I feel very lucky to help facilitate that, especially in such a beautiful place....
...for Defence Medicine (RCDM) at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The Royal College for Defence Medicine The RCDM is the primary receiving unit for military patients and sees tri-service military medics...
...dam, sewage plant and pumping station. The overall objective was broken down into key infrastructure tasks and I was assigned to a task force that was responsible for compiling a...
![An RAF F-35B flying over RAF Marham. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/45162426-1-1024x701.jpg)
...that’s a gym for the pilots and a small canteen, so Lightning Force personnel can stay near the aircraft to eat rather than having to travel elsewhere on the Station....