 Naval War College (post graduate studies), and Supreme Defense War College.Under the command of Captain Khương, the HQ VN 404 was the very first Vietnamese Navy ship (with an entire Vietnamese crew) to have crossed the Pacific Ocean from the US back to South Vietnam, unescorted.Having served in several "command-at-sea" positions, Khương was one of the most highly decorated commanding officers in the South Vietnamese Navy to have earned Bão Quốc Huy Chương, đệ IV đẵng (an equivalent to the U.S. Medal of Honor), the South Vietnam Naval Command Medal, 1st class, and Medal of Honor, 1st class.