![A runner is surprised by a Foxhound armoured vehicle when running on the training estate. [Crown Copyright, MOD]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/04/DiO-Foxhound_Run_Bike_rushes-screenshot-1024x575.jpg)
...- which covers about 190,000 hectares of land - is to provide military training facilities that enable our Armed Forces to be ready for operations and deployments around the world....
...DIO at an early stage to ensure the best outcomes for Service families. We have also delivered against the new MOD policy to widen access to SFA for Service personnel...
...Impact Awards for the soft FM services they are providing for personnel at Worthy Down Station, Hampshire. Working closely with DIO and our military partners, Sodexo has created ‘Village’, a...
An area of tall grass providing a potential nesting site for skylarks and other birds [Crown Copyright / MOD 2022]I’m Samuel Ibbotson, an Estate Facility Manager for DIO. My role...
...berries of the plant. It does have benefits for wildlife though, as the white berries can be an important winter food source for birds such as the mistle thrush, and...
...the design and consolidation of military sites as well as identifying best practice in their redevelopment for other uses. My new guidelines aim to make better use of land, including...
![Graham Dalton and a display detailing DIO's Values. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/11/Grham-Dalton-values-poster-664x1024.jpg)
...big, very influential, and very demanding customers. These four front line commands – the Army, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and Joint Forces Command - deserve the best...
![Resurfacing work on the secondary runway. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/Resurfacing-work-on-the-secondary-runway.-Crown-CopyrightMOD2017-1024x704.jpg)
...the best for Defence. For example, we have to consider the effects of heat and insect infestation in electrical systems in tropical places like Belize, and in Nepal we have...
Shelter is a basic human need and I’m fortunate to be responsible for ensuring the provision of accommodation for tens of thousands of Service personnel and their families. I am...
![Building 101 at Worthy Down. [Skanska]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/08/thumb_DSC03202_1024-1024x681.jpg)
...piles around site. Unfortunately, we discovered that campus personnel also love pre-chopped wood for heating their homes, so the invertebrates have some competition! A log pile forming a habitat for...