Talking the talk: a secondment at Joint Forces Command
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...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,...
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Being a reservist and working for DIO
![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 ...
From new jetties to nurseries - a year in Defence infrastructure
![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...
Improvements to Mare Harbour jetty complete
...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...
DIO partnership provides protection for people and nature
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Mark Sumner, Posted on:
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Environment and Ecology, Land Management, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![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...
Life’s a hoot for Salisbury Plain volunteers
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...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....
New vehicles crack down on illegal activity on Salisbury Plain
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Lt Col Stewart Andrews, Posted on:
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Land Management, Military Training, Public Access, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...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...
Railways to Runways: DIO's Specialist Engineers
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...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...
Managing the Overseas Estate: the importance of local staff
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Brigadier Simon Stockley, Posted on:
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Categories:
BATSUB, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Kenya
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...and around the world. Today I wanted to take the opportunity to explain the important role that our Locally Employed Civilians (LECs) play overseas to ensure that service personnel have...
Sustainability, awards and a coveted silver otter
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Iain Perkins, Posted on:
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Archaeology, Environment and Ecology, Falkland Islands
...Project [Crown Copyright/MOD2018] Individual Achievement Award Major Tony Canniford, DIO’s Head of Establishment for Ballykinler and Magilligan Training Centre won the award for implementing wildlife protection initiatives including the re-introduction...