Promotions, Medals And Awards

Hi all!

I am a newbie to SH3 and am liking the game a lot, it's quite impressive!! I have started my carrer in 39 and things are easy still. I have a question for you guys, sorry if it is very basic, hope you can help me out.

How should I "distribute" medals and awards amongst the crew so as to have a good efficient crew? So far I've started giving medals to officers etc, and once they all have, then to sailors. After 6 patrols, I basically have:

liutenant (the guys whose "faces" you see): morale around 4/5, resilence full, experience 550/500

warrant officers: morale 4/5, resilence 4/5, experience 175/150

sailors: morale 1/2, resilence 2/3, experience 75/20.

At the top I get officers 5/5, pettyofficers 14/16, sailors 27/30.

It seems the sailors are quite demoralized (with reason) since I have given priority to officers when giving out medals, promotions, etc.

My question is if I am doing things right or if there is a better way to get an efficient, balanced crew.

Many thanks!!