Empire of the Ring - Chapter 690 - Tension in the Mediterranean Sea (2)

... ommissioned officers compared to its increasing number of vessels.

Captain Yeom Dong-chan had also joined the navy as a civilian worker at first but switched to active duty.

He was discharged from the Korean Navy as a first lieutenant, but he became the captain of the Yoon Youngha-class missile ship, which could only be handled by a lieutenant commander, because of a shortage of Kazakhstan’s naval officers.

Lucky cases like himself were very common in Kazakhstan.