"In peacetime," says one naval officer, "most people don't even want to hear about military affairs, much less serve. If you were to ask on the street who would be willing to attend the naval academy, you would get very few positive responses indeed. So you can imagine how few want to enter NCO school to become a lower-ranking non-commissioned officer."
「承平日久，別說當兵，連打仗的事情都不願聽了」，一位海軍軍官指出，「假使上街去問，誰要投考軍官學校，有肯定答案的人恐怕很少數，而願意投考官階較低的士官學校的，恐怕又更少了。」