Defence School of Transport

The £28 million project, carried out by Lendlease on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), was completed in March 2015 and provided 768 bed spaces for students.

The Military Driver Training Squadron (MDTS) provides driver training on military wheeled platforms such as the Land Rover Wolf and Snatch Land Rover, MAN Support Vehicles (6 and 9 tonne) and the Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System (DROPS).

The squadron also provides Basic Close Combat Skills (BCCS) and Anti-Ambush tactics to Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) troops.

[3] The Squadron also provides classroom based training on policy, legislation, MT accounting, the carriage of dangerous goods and hazardous materials.

[10] The school has 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of road training circuits which includes roundabouts, traffic lights, junctions, a manoeuvring area with parking bays and a purpose built 1 in 8 sloped hill.

There are 26 kilometres (16 mi) of cross-country training routes featuring forty artificial obstacles, two water crossings, a lake and various pools.

A Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle at the Driffield Training Area (Alamein Barracks), a satellite site of the school located near Leconfield.
A Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle at the Driffield Training Area (Alamein Barracks), a satellite site of the school located near Leconfield.
A Land Rover Wolf at the Defence School of Transport in 2004.
A Land Rover Wolf at the Defence School of Transport in 2004.