[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by M6JZO

Hi all. I'm playing a stock sh4 gold edition and I can't seem to update to better
men aboard ship to many petty officers on board. And I can't seem to give men medals I have a number to give out. Has anybody out there on Subsim land
come across this same problem?

what ZenonSurf said about the promotions and medals is true.
one more element is that your boat has a limit as to the number of rated crew it is allowed to have. rated crew are Petty Officers ranks 4 through 9.
if you attempt to replace an unrated crewman with a petty officer or chief from the panel on the left side while in port, you may receive a message that says: Too Many Officers(or something to that effect).
if you get that message, you cannot add any petty officers or promote seamen to petty officers because your crew has reached its limit.
the only way to get around this limit is to apply one of the many crew fixes available in the Download forum.
good luck.