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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Announcements </title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.0.0.15013">Telligent Community (Build: 12.0.0.15013)</generator><updated>2021-06-30T12:26:40Z</updated><entry><title>A Statement from First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radkin on Afghanistan</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/a-statement-from-first-sea-lord-admiral-sir-tony-radkin-on-afghanistan" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/a-statement-from-first-sea-lord-admiral-sir-tony-radkin-on-afghanistan</id><published>2021-08-31T09:45:34Z</published><updated>2021-08-31T09:45:34Z</updated><content type="html">I wanted to recognise the sad and difficult scenes we have all been witnessing in Afghanistan and reflect on the Service&amp;rsquo;s role in Afghanistan alongside our Defence colleagues and international partners and allies.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The last couple of...(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/a-statement-from-first-sea-lord-admiral-sir-tony-radkin-on-afghanistan"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=341&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>JimDM02</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/jim1664</uri></author></entry><entry><title>The Latest Edition Of Navy News Is Out Now</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/the-latest-edition-of-navy-news-is-out-now" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="125087" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-39/NavyNews_5F00_Aug.jpg" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/the-latest-edition-of-navy-news-is-out-now</id><published>2021-08-10T13:17:23Z</published><updated>2021-08-10T13:17:23Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="293" src="/resized-image/__size/960x720/__key/communityserver-components-multipleuploadfilemanager/d514bdc4_2D00_192f_2D00_449b_2D00_a06c_2D00_c38cbd926802-2112-complete/NavyNews-Aug.jpg" width="230" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The August edition of Navy News is now on sale, featuring...&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/the-latest-edition-of-navy-news-is-out-now"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=239&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="Navy News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Navy%2bNews" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>60 Second Royal Navy News Update 03.08.21</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/60-second-royal-navy-news-update-03-08-21" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="36665" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-38/60SecondUpdate.JPG" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/60-second-royal-navy-news-update-03-08-21</id><published>2021-08-10T13:13:37Z</published><updated>2021-08-10T13:13:37Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " height="189" src="/resized-image/__size/960x720/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-01-38/6064.60SecondUpdate.JPG" width="420" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;In the latest 60 seconds of news from the Royal Navy, HMS Defender...&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/60-second-royal-navy-news-update-03-08-21"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=238&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="60 Second Update" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/60%2bSecond%2bUpdate" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>Dive! Dive! Dive!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/dive-dive-dive" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="81830" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-34/DeepDiveDubai.jpg" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/dive-dive-dive</id><published>2021-08-10T12:49:25Z</published><updated>2021-08-10T12:49:25Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " height="264" src="/resized-image/__size/1002x669/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-01-38/DeepDiveDubai.jpg" width="396" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;Divers from HMS Shoreham plunged 60m to the bottom of the world&amp;#39;s largest artificial pool...&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/dive-dive-dive"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=234&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="HMS Shoreham" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/HMS%2bShoreham" /><category term="Dubai" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Dubai" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>What is it like being part of the UK Carrier Strike Group</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/what-is-it-like-being-part-of-the-uk-carrier-strike-group" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="57574" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-11/FancyaBrew.JPG" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/what-is-it-like-being-part-of-the-uk-carrier-strike-group</id><published>2021-06-30T12:24:57Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T12:24:57Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " height="222" src="/resized-image/__size/960x720/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-01-38/1307.FancyaBrew.JPG" width="403" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join Petty Officer Stansfield, Able Rate Castello and Lieutenant Tattersall as they discuss...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/what-is-it-like-being-part-of-the-uk-carrier-strike-group"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=211&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="CSG" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/CSG" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /><category term="Carrier Strike Group" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Carrier%2bStrike%2bGroup" /></entry><entry><title>Commandos and the Carrier</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/commandos-and-the-carrier" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="121003" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-06/42CDO.jpg" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/commandos-and-the-carrier</id><published>2021-06-30T11:57:23Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:57:23Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/302x227/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-01-38/42CDO.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Submarines, frigates, destroyers and aircraft are the more prominent members of the &amp;#39;ring of steel&amp;#39; around HMS Queen Elizabeth on the Carrier Strike Group deployment...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/commandos-and-the-carrier"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=206&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="CSG" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/CSG" /><category term="Carrier Strike Group" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Carrier%2bStrike%2bGroup" /></entry><entry><title>2021 Soldiering On Awards Finalists Announced.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/2021-soldiering-on-awards-finalists-announced" /><link rel="enclosure" type="application/pdf" length="508279" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-04/SOA_2B00_Finalists_2B00_List.nd_2B00_Press_2B00_Release.pdf" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/2021-soldiering-on-awards-finalists-announced</id><published>2021-06-30T11:44:13Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:44:13Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " height="206" src="/resized-image/__size/1200x675/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-01-38/1SOA.jpg" width="366" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A hugely diverse and inspirational group of individuals and organisations from across the Armed Forces community are announced as Finalists in this year’s Soldering On Awards (SOA).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;At the start of...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/2021-soldiering-on-awards-finalists-announced"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=204&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="Soldiering on awards" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Soldiering%2bon%2bawards" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>NHS Medical Director Thanks Military Colleagues.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/nhs-medical-director-thanks-military-colleagues" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="102922" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-02/DrLeachThankYouCard.jpg" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/nhs-medical-director-thanks-military-colleagues</id><published>2021-06-30T11:34:22Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:34:22Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="195" src="/resized-image/__size/960x720/__key/communityserver-components-multipleuploadfilemanager/48bdc463_2D00_75a5_2D00_42cf_2D00_bee6_2D00_e7433b16fb19-2112-complete/DrLeachThankYouCard.jpg" width="347" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;At the beginning of Armed Forces Week,&amp;nbsp;Dr Jonathan Leach, the Medical Director for COVID vaccinations thanks...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/nhs-medical-director-thanks-military-colleagues"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=202&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="Thank you" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Thank%2byou" /><category term="NHS" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/NHS" /><category term="covid" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/covid" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>CSG Jets Carrying Out First Combat Missions.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/csg-jets-carrying-out-first-combat-missions" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/csg-jets-carrying-out-first-combat-missions</id><published>2021-06-30T11:31:24Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:31:24Z</updated><content type="html">The UK&amp;rsquo;s Carrier Strike Group has joined the fight against Daesh with F-35 Lightning jets carrying out their very first combat missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth.&amp;nbsp;Stealth jets of the renowned 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) carried out operat...(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/csg-jets-carrying-out-first-combat-missions"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=201&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="CSG" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/CSG" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /><category term="Carrier Strike Group" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Carrier%2bStrike%2bGroup" /></entry><entry><title>HMS Protector at the Top of The World</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/hms-protector-at-the-top-of-the-world" /><link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg" length="103542" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-138-00-00-00-00-02-00/HMSProtector.jpg" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/hms-protector-at-the-top-of-the-world</id><published>2021-06-30T11:29:04Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:29:04Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="222" src="/resized-image/__size/960x720/__key/communityserver-components-multipleuploadfilemanager/fd2340d2_2D00_9b72_2D00_4643_2D00_af8c_2D00_83c66a866d90-2112-complete/HMSProtector.jpg" width="334" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a bit chilly for June&amp;hellip;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Icebreaker HMS Protector made history when she sailed closer to the North Pole than any surface ship in the...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/hms-protector-at-the-top-of-the-world"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=200&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="protector" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/protector" /><category term="HMS Protector" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/HMS%2bProtector" /><category term="News" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/News" /></entry><entry><title>Never Such Innocence Premier Welcome Home Song on Armed Forces Day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/never-such-innocence-premier-welcome-home-song-on-armed-forces-day" /><id>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/never-such-innocence-premier-welcome-home-song-on-armed-forces-day</id><published>2021-06-30T11:26:40Z</published><updated>2021-06-30T11:26:40Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;a title="https://www.neversuchinnocence.com/" href="https://www.neversuchinnocence.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Never Such Innocence&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;celebrated Armed Forces Day&amp;nbsp;by premiering &amp;#39;Welcome Home&amp;#39;! Written by service children for service children and all forces families.&amp;nbsp;The song&amp;nbsp;Welcome Home,&amp;nbsp;was written by two service children to ca...(&lt;a href="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/posts/never-such-innocence-premier-welcome-home-song-on-armed-forces-day"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=199&amp;AppID=138&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>HQNationalIO</name><uri>https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/hqnationalio</uri></author><category term="Never Such Innocence International Competition" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Never%2bSuch%2bInnocence%2bInternational%2bCompetition" /><category term="Voices of Armed Forces Children" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Voices%2bof%2bArmed%2bForces%2bChildren" /><category term="Armed Forces Day" scheme="https://uat-forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/news-and-updates/b/announcements/archive/tags/Armed%2bForces%2bDay" /></entry></feed>