...an integral part of our Five Powers Defence Arrangements, an agreement that ensures Defence co-operation between the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. DIO has 16 LECs in Singapore...
...take a look at our resources from the DPRTE event by scanning the QR code below. Scan the QR code to find out more about what DIO do. [Crown Copyright/MOD2021]...
![A LEC from Belize working on some plumbing. [Crown Copyright]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/Belize-Brian-Robles-Plumber-1024x768.jpg)
...Asia Moving to the Far East, we have 16 LECs in Singapore who run the strategic oil fuel depot for UK and foreign naval vessels. During refuelling they connect hoses,...
![A Gurkha trainee, wearing full uniform including helmet and body armour, and carrying his weapon and a bergen, kneels in an area of young, growing trees. A mature wood is in the background. [Crown Copyright/MOD2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/IMG_1599cropped-copy-e1544028628324-1024x681.jpg)
A Gurkha recruit from ITC Catterick moving across woodland plantation. I bet you didn’t know that 'forester' was a real job in the Ministry of Defence, but if you think...
...on a daily basis. One of the great advantages of the session was how it reinforced the connection between what we do and how that impacts on our Service personnel...
![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...
...decided to study surveying and try that instead. After leaving university, I was unable to get a job in the UK, so I decided to go to Singapore. Within a...
...a night out in Kathmandu. Our first task was to navigate the fifteen criss-crossing haphazard lanes of traffic between us and our chosen restaurant. It was a mass of dogs,...