Penguins and Project Management: a secondment to the Falkland Islands
![Gypsy Cove on the Falkland Islands. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/Gypsy-Cove-1024x768.jpeg)
...of the year wearing a suit for a 16 hour plane journey (someone had told me there was a dress code – there isn’t and everyone else was sensibly dressed...
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Induction Insight from the Chief Executive
...areas relevant to new starters, such as the Civil Service Code and military equivalent, and DIO’s history and vision. The session was interactive, including presentations, videos, exercises and quizzes, which...
Veterans excavating First World War training trenches
![Left to right: Alex Sotheran, DIO archaeologist; Sam Fairhead, Wessex Archaeology; Stewart Bowman, veteran participant; Dickie Bennett, Breaking Ground Heritage. [Crown Copyright / MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/09/L-to-R-Alex-Sotheran-DIO-archaeologist-Sam-Fairhead-Wessex-Archaeology-Stewart-Bowman-veteran-participant-Dick-1024x683.jpg)
...services to sick and injured soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan, aiming to aid their transition back into civilian life. The participants have great things to say about it and it’s...
Breaking Ground with Operation Nightingale
...Afghanistan unfortunately cut my career short after 17 years. Dickie Bennett, of Breaking Ground Heritage, on Exercise ANGUS HOLDFAST, an Operation Nightingale dig. [Crown Copyright/MOD2018]I decided to participate in an...
Excavating a Saxon cemetery
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Richard Osgood, Posted on:
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Archaeology, Operation Nightingale, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...had soldiers digging with us who’ve been out to Iraq or Afghanistan, who have experienced trauma. We also work closely with the diversity networks to make sure we are representing...
Operation Nightingale: Digging Band of Brothers
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DIO Communications Team, Posted on:
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Archaeology, D-Day 80, Operation Nightingale
Volunteers from Operation Nightingale have uncovered secrets from a former US military site. MOD Crown Copyright 2024. Defence Infrastructure Senior Archaeologist Richard Osgood led an Op Nightingale Dig at a...
A new start for facilities management on overseas sites
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Brigadier Jonathan Bartholomew OBE, Posted on:
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Commercial, Facilities Management, Gibraltar
...for services to be better tailored to the requirements of specific locations. The contracts have also been designed to promote more efficient processes and the quicker delivery of high volume,...
Capability in Kenya: Improvements at Laikipia
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...in December 2015. The construction contract was awarded to G3 Systems who have carried out similar work at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The Principal Support Provider – the Project Manager...
Conservation, Catterick and Caerwent: An Archaeological Update
...injured service personnel assisting in archaeological digs on DIO land. Sgt Diarmaid Walshe, Dave Hart (a former soldier who was wounded in Afghanistan) and myself gave a joint lecture to...
It's a Dog's Life in the Falklands
...Regiment in Afghanistan. (Sgt Rupert Frere, RLC; Crown Copyright) The previous kennel structure was more than 30 years old and needed replacing with a modern building which is cheaper to...