100 Years of Firing At Lulworth Training Area
![Soldiers with the Royal Wessex Yeomanry onboard a Challenger 2 main battle tank during a training exercise at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/07/45156642-1024x682.jpg)
...of 'C' Company that broke down on its way to attack Thiepval on 25 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. [© IWM (Q 2486)]Lulworth had links with the...
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Tree Felling: Helping Woodlands for the Future
![The harvester in action at Erlestoke Woods. [Landmarc Support Services/2016]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/11/Erlestoke-harvesting-site-1024x576.jpg)
...when they see the harvester (a large purpose-built machine that fells and processes the trees) and the sudden change in the wood’s appearance that it brings. The harvester in action...
Talking the talk: a secondment at Joint Forces Command
![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)
Hi, I’m Helen Pickering and I work in DIO’s Communications team. A lot of my day-to-day job revolves around DIO’s social media channels, so when I was approached to see...
Repairing access to the Fossil Forest
Posted by:
James Nevitt, Posted on:
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Categories:
Explosive Ordnance Clearance, Public Access, Public safety
...fossils, still visible today. Removing ordnance Lulworth Ranges is a live firing area, so it was essential to check that there was no unexploded ordnance on the site. We carried...
From IRA attacks to escorting the Queen: 25 years of the MOD Guard Service
![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)
...the occasion, two MGS guards who have worked at MGS for most or all of that time recall their experiences. John Harding – Main Building, London I work at the...
Saving archaeology on Salisbury Plain - Silver Otter Award Winner
![Roy Canham, Sanctuary Silver Otter Winner 2017 [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/image1-e1511360931159-768x1024.jpeg)
...convinced that many of these sites that define our history would not exist today if it weren’t for the commitment of the MOD, English Heritage and Wiltshire Council to preserve...
Army Basing Programme welcomes families to Ashdown Estate
Posted by:
Mark Duddy, Posted on:
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Categories:
Army Basing Programme, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![Mark Duddy, DIO Programme Director for the Army Basing Programme [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/Mark-Duddy-1024x576.jpg)
...Sindall. These new houses will all be built by 2020. I hope that everyone living on the Ashdown Estate today and for generations to come enjoy these wonderful new homes....
Reflecting on Women in Defence and International Women's Day
![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)
...it. I am proud of what we have achieved, but there is so much more that DIO and the broader defence community can do. So, let’s start today! Numbers of...
Proud to support DIO and the RAF
![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...
DIO partnership provides protection for people and nature
Posted by:
Mark Sumner, Posted on:
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Categories:
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)
Hi, I’m Mark Sumner and I work in DIO’s Environmental Support and Compliance Team as the Access and Recreation Advisor, based in Salisbury Plain. Today, I’ll be blogging about the...