...– 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...
...exercise for 5 RIFLES, who are about to deploy to Afghanistan for a protracted period with their WARRIOR armoured vehicles, so we are working flat out to meet all their...
...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...
![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....
![Clyde Commercial Framework announcement [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/20180516-Clyde-Commercial-Framework-1024x683.jpg)
...Strategy and paves the way for better value delivery of its capital programme which bodes well for the DIO as an intelligent client organisation and for its future industry partners....
![Challenger 2 tank crews training at BATUS. [Crown Copyright/MOD2014]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/45158850-1024x420.jpg)
...with delivery by the DIO team. I’m happy to say the accommodation for BATUS personnel is some of the best I have seen, both family houses and rooms for single...