Lieutenant Commander Carl P. "Speedy" Steedman (born 14 August 1973) is a

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officer, who served as

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, the most senior non-commissioned advisor and senior

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of the Royal Navy from 31 January 2020 to July 2022.

Naval career

Steedman joined the Royal Navy as a radio operator in May 1991, attending the school of communications at HMS ''Mercury'' after completion of his initial training at HMS ''Raleigh''. His first sea draft was on HMS ''Manchester''. Steedman then transferred to the warfare branch as an operator mechanic in October 1993 before serving on HMS ''Invincible'', deploying to the Adriatic. He brought HMS ''Ocean'' into service, deploying to both

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and

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. Promoted to

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in 2001, he joined HMS ''Edinburgh'' as petty officer communications before deploying on

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. After this deployment, he then joined

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. Promoted to

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in October 2006, he joined the Maritime Battle Staff whereby he was promoted to warrant officer 1 and served as the warrant officer of the communications school. After decommissioning HMS ''Ocean'', he joined HMS ''Excellent'' as the base warrant officer in April 2018. Having spent 17 months in post, he was selected for the role of

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in January 2020. Steedman was awarded the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 2006, and a clasp to the medal in 2018. He was awarded the

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in 2020.

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Naval career

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