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A naval reservist has revealed what life is really like for a clearance diver on submarine emergencies with the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR).

• Updated: 20 May 2021

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered a new headquarters and training facility at Laikipia Air Base East in Kenya.

• Updated: 24 February 2021

Tree felling, which had been taking place alongside the A345 since November 2020, finished 15 days ahead of schedule. Dangerous and dying trees were removed from about 20 miles of roadside.

• Updated: 18 February 2021

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has awarded a £1.5-million contract to Brimstone Site Investigation Ltd to remove unexploded ordnance from Mappleton Beach.

• Updated: 2 February 2021

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation, working with Landmarc Support Services and Compass Building and Construction Services, opened a new £2.3-million kitchen and dining facility at Cameron Barracks.

• Updated: 1 February 2021

Soldiers using Salisbury Plain and Nesscliff Training Areas are the first to benefit from new carbon efficient accommodation, delivered as part of the £45-million Net Carbon Accommodation Programme (NetCAP).

• Updated: 25 January 2021

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has welcomed red squirrels onto the Ballykinler Training Area as part of a programme with Belfast Zoo, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Northern Ireland Squirrel Forum to in…

• Updated: 22 January 2021

One soldier and his family have moved into a newly refurbished home just in time for the festive season, following a funding boost to improve thousands of military houses.

• Updated: 22 December 2020

The completion of the runway refurbishment several months ahead of schedule is an important boost for the Moray station.

• Updated: 21 December 2020

A team of Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) has arrived on the south east Training Estate to help crackdown on crime and illegal incursions.

• Updated: 26 October 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation working with industry partner Landmarc Support Services and local contractor Pave Aways, opened a new £4-million dining facility at Nesscliff Training Camp.

• Updated: 22 October 2020

A joint restoration project between the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Wiltshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) and Services Dry Fly Fishing Association (SDFFA) will improve habitats for riverine species on the banks of the River Avon.

• Updated: 21 October 2020

DIO spends around £3-billion each year buying infrastructure services in the UK and overseas to support the UK Armed Forces.

• Updated: 5 October 2020

DIO handed over new service family accommodation (SFA) at RAF Akrotiri in a special ceremony earlier this month.

• Updated: 30 September 2020

FAM has given over 1,000 personnel across 3 pilot sites (HMNB Clyde, Aldershot Garrison and RAF Wittering) financial support and choice over where, how and with whom they live.

• Updated: 30 September 2020

Keighley’s historic drill hall is ready to welcome back cadets following a £350,000 renovation project by the RFCA, including £100,000 support funding from the Air Training Corps (ATC).

• Updated: 28 September 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed the refurbishment of a hangar at RAF Waddington to convert it into a joint training facility.

• Updated: 24 September 2020

Some of the UK's rarest reptiles have been given a safe haven on a military site in the heart of Dorset as part of the MOD's drive to create a sustainable estate.

• Updated: 31 August 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed work on the new state-of-the-art physical training centre for Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC).

• Updated: 20 August 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is investing £64-million in a redevelopment of the Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan to support the Royal Navy’s surface fleet.

• Updated: 21 July 2020