![Foxglove Covert team at 2017 Sanctuary Awards [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/DDCL1824-1024x665.jpg)
...people have visited the reserve, including 40,000 school children and 1,800 community groups. Two million pounds have been invested in the site including funding from the MOD, Natural England, the...
![Jacqui Rock, DIO Commercial Director [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Rock-bio-e1543582792339.jpg)
...including sharing information that will drive innovation and encourage fresh ideas from industry. This will allow us to invigorate and sustain a diverse portfolio of suppliers. We’re going to adopt...
![Alan Grant, MBE SCOTS, DIO Training Safety Officer in Belize [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/06/Alan-1024x683.jpg)
...October 2017 and consider myself very lucky to be on my third overseas posting in a row. I was posted to Kenya as a second tour senior infantry Quartermaster (QM)...
...and developer. Today I am blogging about the role I play as a woman in engineering as part of International Women in Engineering Day. With a degree in mechanical engineering...
![Volunteers and archaeologists at Barrow Clump [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/B33E8BFD-E44C-416E-A1F8-04B16CB63AA9-1024x768.jpeg)
...and The Rifles. The programme uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of soldiers who are sick, wounded or were injured on operations in Afghanistan. Last November, volunteers discovered remains...
![Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service monitoring the fire on Salisbury Plain Training Area. [Photograph courtesy of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/20180706_210200-1024x768.jpg)
...the Fire Service, or the MOD, but need to be left to burn out on their own. Recent Salisbury Plain fires An important international training exercise took place on Salisbury...
![A line of Challenger 2's fire as part of the Royal Welsh Battle Group during Exercise Prairie Lightning at BATUS in 2012. [Crown Copyright/MOD2012]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/45158850-1-1024x420.jpg)
...mechanisms in a four week period which is no mean feat. The total targetry fleet consists of 600 Light Target Mechanisms, 600 Heavy Target Mechanisms and 10 Mover Target Mechanisms....
...lucky journalist from the Daily Express an exclusive tour of the Plain to help them find out about how DIO balances the requirements of military training with the need to...
...an audio visual camera system to capture and review training. Soldiers need to be prepared to fight in urban areas and the new facility has been built to help provide...
...the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Landmarc to monitor bumblebees at Castlemartin Ranges, to find out how they use nectar across the site. The results have shown that Castlemartin retains a...