He completed the French Preparatory School Lasan Taberd and earned the French Baccalaureate Diploma with "Prix Excellence" recognition. He attended and graduated from the French established Merchant Marine & French Naval Academy (in Nha Trang, Viet Nam), and the following Post-Graduate schools: United States. General Lincolnshire at Monterey, United States. Naval War College (post graduate studies), and Supreme Defense War College.
Under the command of Captain Khương, the Headquarters VN 404 was the very first Vietnamese Navy ship (with an entire Vietnamese crew) to have crossed the Pacific Ocean from the United States back to South Vietnam, unescorted. Khương held the following high ranking "Flag Commanding Officer" positions in the South Vietnamese Navy:
Supreme Commander of Naval National Coastal Fleet - 1960-1962 (Chỉ Huy Trưởng Lực Lượng Hãi Thuyền);
General Chief Inspector of the Navy (Chánh Thanh Tra)- 1966-1968;
Superintendent of the South Vietnamese Naval Academy 1968-1971(Chỉ Huy Trưởng Trung Tâm Huấn Luyện Sĩ Quan Hải Quân Nha Trang);
General Chief Inspector of the Navy (Chánh Thanh Tra)- 1972-1973;
Fourth Coastal Zone Naval Commander & Army Regiment Military Special Zone Commander 1974-1975(Tư Lệnh Vùng IV Duyên Hải)
These positions report directly to the Chief of Naval Operations, Defense Minister, and Prime Minister, and are normally under the command of flag officers (Fleet Admiral). United States Navy Flag Officers Rear Admiral Charles F Rauch and United States Navy Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Junior.
(later was United States Chief of Naval Operations "CNO") served as Khương"s American Navy Advivers between 1968 - 1972.
The Captain of the famous Aircraft Carrier United States Ship Enterprise that was responsible to drop over 5 million tons of Bomb in North VietNam - Navy Captain Hayvard (as seen in picture below greeted Khương as he visited the United States 7th Fleet in 1970) was also Khuong"s Adviver. After the defeat of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in 1975, Khương commanded a South Vietnamese Naval Fleet and fled South Vietnam.
He then went to the United States, (he led and returned a significant number of Navy Ships back to United States at the Philippines) and settled in Chicago where he worked as an Office Manager for a jewelry business until his retirement.
He completed the French Preparatory School Lasan Taberd and earned the French Baccalaureate Diploma with "Prix Excellence" recognition. 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 United States Congressional Medal of Honor), the South Vietnam Naval Command Medal, 1st class, and Medal of Honor, 1st class.
