...site and things are really starting to take shape. Read on for a recap on what happened last year and what you can expect in 2017. The new college building...
...[Crown Copyright/MOD2017] First off a bit of background. Following the Strategic Defence Review, it was announced that RAF Brize Norton would be the single UK station for all RAF Air...
...provide new training and office facilities, squadron buildings and living accommodation so that both servicemen and women at the air base are able to train for deployment using both the...
![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)
...just the ‘MOD Guard Force’. I joined the Guard Force shortly after the Brighton IRA bombing; previously I had worked for Securicor for six years. Suddenly being on the front...
![The Ancient Akrotiri Project team excavating one of the Roman buildings at Dreamer's Bay. [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/Akrotiri-blog-2.jpg)
...on the go for about four years and was initially designed to investigate the Roman buildings at Dreamer’s Bay, a favoured recreation spot for personnel and well known for its...
![Numbers of women serving in the Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy are increasing. [Crown Copyright/MOD2010]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Tri-service-2.jpeg)
...taken over the last 100 years, something that cannot be said for women in some countries. To me, it’s not just about women’s rights, it’s about creating an environment that...
![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)
...work with us. We will work in an open and constructive way to deliver innovative and value for money services that meet the requirements of defence and the Armed Forces....
![RAF Squadron Leader Sarah Brewin [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/04/Sarah-Brewin_3-e1523030630502.jpg)
...overview of its investment choices for what is a critical part of the Air estate. I enjoy the challenge that each job presents and it is very rewarding to work...
![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)
...around the world, to enable our Armed Forces to be ready for operations and deployments. We manage around two thirds of the 223,800 hectares that the MOD owns, and a...
![A Gurkha trainee, wearing full uniform including helmet and body armour, and carrying his weapon and a bergen, kneels in an area of young, growing trees. A mature wood is in the background. [Crown Copyright/MOD2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/IMG_1599cropped-copy-e1544028628324-1024x681.jpg)
...spent a few years in Scotland and elsewhere working as a forestry contractor, before heading to forestry college. I was lucky enough to get a placement working in MOD forestry...