![16 Regiment Royal Artillery, pictured here in training, will be making use of Centaur House. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/08/45156201-1024x629.jpg)
...is important and we’re really invested in making sure everything goes to plan. So far so good and I’m happy to say have no reason to believe that won’t continue....
![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)
...award and the Silver Otter in recognition of three decades of effort and success across a range of conservation projects involving MOD sites in South Wales. Another project to win...
...our aim was to reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible. Various systems were included to minimise energy consumption. One of these was to include a 600m2 array of Photo Voltaic...
![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)
...read something and translate it into civvy speak! I really learned a lot in my time away and have tried to pass that on to colleagues in DIO. For example,...
![Reservist Ben Lolley on the upper deck of the Danish warship HDMS Absalon. [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/10/20171027-Lolley_Pic1-1-1024x768.png)
...Forces and to share individual experiences. If you fit either of those categories and would like to know more or get involved then please get in touch at DIO-ReserveForcesAdvocate@mod.uk ...
![A summary of some of the bigger DIO success stories from year. [Crown Copyright/MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/12/2017-Year-in-Review.jpg)
...to Lovell to build 917 new houses on Salisbury Plain for military families moving to the area under the Army Basing Programme. Working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, we...
...This £19m contract with VolkerStevin is part of a £180m overall investment by DIO to improve facilities on the Islands over the next 10 years. Additional works include improvements to...
![Dartmoor Warbler [Copyright, Creative Commons 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/Dartmoor-Warbler-2017.jpg)
...work DIO has done to protect our most important wildlife site, the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA). Castle Bottom, Yateley Photo [© Diane Sambrook (cc-by-sa/2.0) via http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/646755] In...
![Jonathan Pepper with an owl. [All rights reserved]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/06/20160730_113125-1-1024x830.jpg)
...to DIO’s conservation efforts on Salisbury Plain. The data collected is also sent to DIO and the British Trust for Ornithology and is used for national statistics on bird populations....
...vehicles will help to provide a safe place for our troops to train and ensure that the public can use the Plain safely for legal leisure and recreational activities. The...