![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)
...a pioneering spirit and, fully supported by my wife Maria, we agreed to request one last overseas tour and I was exceptionally blessed to be posted to Belize. Alan Grant,...
...edge in the top left of the picture. As he got to the top he flipped backwards onto the roof and was then pulled back down the slope by his...
![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)
...a better estate, a better service, and a better business. The Commercial Strategy has five guiding principles, which are intended to make us a key client in the infrastructure and...
![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)
...a real sense of community and contributes an untold amount to the natural world and to the preservation of our natural heritage. We look forward to another 25 successful years!...
![Bulford Kiwi chalk monument, Salisbury Plain [Crown copyright/MOD]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/10/Bulford-Kiwi-2.jpeg)
...RAF Chinook helicopter onto the kiwi as the finishing touch to our restoration of this much loved monument. It has been a brilliant project to be involved in and is...
![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)
...change in emphasis to include much more of a customer care role than there used to be. I think that over the years I.T has made certain elements of our...
...I came to work at DIO. On to South Georgia From the Falklands we moved even further south to another UK Overseas Territory, South Georgia, when my husband took up...
![HMS Queen Elizabeth under anchor awaiting low tide before departing. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/07/DES-2017-0189-0325-1-1024x683.jpg)
...the approach channel and the harbour itself to be dredged to make it deep enough for the ships to enter and berth, and as you will see, that’s no small...
![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)
...been involved in woodland management for over 20 years and it always amazes me to see how quickly a clear-felled area recovers. The churning of the topsoil by the machines...
![The team collecting the award. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/07/MG_7488-1024x683.jpg)
...its occupiers and users safe and compliant, identifying and managing any risks, encouraging staff and estate users to report problems and strive to reduce all risks to be as low...