Talking the talk: a secondment at Joint Forces Command
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Hi, I’m Helen Pickering and I work in DIO’s Communications team. A lot of my day-to-day job revolves around DIO’s social media channels, so when I was approached to see...
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Tree Felling: Helping Woodlands for the Future
![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)
...by the end of the 19th Century woodland cover in the UK was as low as 5% of the land surface. If you go down to the woods today… Now...
100 Years of Firing At Lulworth Training Area
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...gave way to early radar systems operated on the clifftops reporting to a soldier with a large map and pencils, to computerised systems using fibre optic communications. Today we have...
Improvements to training facilities at New Zealand Farm Camp
...during the First World War. Prior to and during the Second World War it was an Air Ministry location attached to Porton Down. Today we use it for a variety...
Fighting Flooding at Halton Training Camp
...it is still known as ‘Halton Bridging Camp’ by older locals – but today it is a general purpose all-year-round camp. It has a small training area catering for regular...
Clearing the way for the carriers – dredging the harbour for the QEC
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...Portsmouth includes work to upgrade an existing jetty. [Crown Copyright/MOD2015]Today, we've announced the award of a contract to Boskalis Westminster to dredge the channel into the harbour. You might be...
From IRA attacks to escorting the Queen: 25 years of the MOD Guard Service
![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)
...MOD’s Headquarters in London, known as Main Building. I’m a supervisor and work in a team with two other supervisors; we facilitate the day-to-day running of the building. My duties...
Limitations on Social Media During Pre-Election Period
As of today, our social media activity will be limited until after the general election. This is why: https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/29/the-pre-election-period/...
What DIO has done to support WW1 Commemorations in Scotland
...place. British soldiers have trained there for over a century and still use it today. Recently, particularly in the cold and wet, serving soldiers helped plant almost 50,000 native trees...
Saving Water, Saving Money
...them to reduce energy, which is wonderful. On the whole most people do care and turn equipment off at the end of the day. Saving today to Defend tomorrow Individually...