![Jacqui Rock, DIO Commercial Director [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Rock-bio-e1543582792339.jpg)
...including sharing information that will drive innovation and encourage fresh ideas from industry. This will allow us to invigorate and sustain a diverse portfolio of suppliers. We’re going to adopt...
![Alan Grant, MBE SCOTS, DIO Training Safety Officer in Belize [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/06/Alan-1024x683.jpg)
...October 2017 and consider myself very lucky to be on my third overseas posting in a row. I was posted to Kenya as a second tour senior infantry Quartermaster (QM)...
...or disability – and all of that helps us to find better ways to deliver projects. I hope my blog inspires and encourages women to choose a career in engineering....
![Volunteers and archaeologists at Barrow Clump [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/B33E8BFD-E44C-416E-A1F8-04B16CB63AA9-1024x768.jpeg)
...and The Rifles. The programme uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of soldiers who are sick, wounded or were injured on operations in Afghanistan. Last November, volunteers discovered remains...
![Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service monitoring the fire on Salisbury Plain Training Area. [Photograph courtesy of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/20180706_210200-1024x768.jpg)
...fully appreciate the inconvenience that the smoke caused to the communities living in and around the Plain, especially those suffering from existing breathing conditions, such as asthma, and that the...
...lucky journalist from the Daily Express an exclusive tour of the Plain to help them find out about how DIO balances the requirements of military training with the need to...
...an audio visual camera system to capture and review training. Soldiers need to be prepared to fight in urban areas and the new facility has been built to help provide...
...the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Landmarc to monitor bumblebees at Castlemartin Ranges, to find out how they use nectar across the site. The results have shown that Castlemartin retains a...
...celebrate we’d like to reflect on the vital work that DIO, our contractors, suppliers and industry partners do to provide our customers with the services they need to live, work,...
...service, to ensuring an assault course is safe to use, to designing infrastructure supporting maritime ports, to designing runways. Join us I hope my blog inspires tomorrow’s engineers to join...