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Mare Harbour revisited: Falklands upgrade on finishing straight

Maritime November 30, 2017

Defence features writer Robert Atherton revisits the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s Falklands initiative and speaks exclusively to VolkerStevin about the complexities of the much-needed Mare Harbour upgrade. Defence Online has written previously about the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) hugely ambitious £180 million modernisation of the Falkland Islands – specifically the £22 million ...

Ceremony marks completion of accommodation for RCDM staff

Homeland November 20, 2017

A cutting of the ribbon ceremony has marked the completion of new accommodation for military medics working in Birmingham. The ceremony to open the new mess, known as the Glenart Castle Mess, was attended by the military’s Acting Surgeon General, Major General Martin Bricknell. Service personnel at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine ...

Shoring up the Falklands: defence infrastructure upgrade takes shape

October 17, 2017

Defence features writer Robert Atherton explores the many ways in which the UK Government is modernising aged infrastructure across the Falkland Islands. The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has long been contested by Argentina. It remains a matter of some concern for the UK Government even now, despite last year’s promising ...

New military training facility opened at Garelochhead

Land October 12, 2017

A new state of the art military firing range has been officially opened at Garelochhead Training Centre. The £3 million project took around two years to complete and is designed to provide the optimum ‘safe place’ training environment for armed forces personnel in order to equip them with the skills required ...