Traditionally, a key duty of senior NCO's has been to babysit (in effect) young naval officers, when the latter are in command of critical things. That's both to prevent expensive noob goofs, and to have a seasoned leader on hand if the "routine" situation suddenly jumps out of the young officer's limited competence zone.
Might anyone be familiar with the Norwegian Navy's traditions or practice in this regard? From the article, it sounds like the "young and relatively inexperienced" OOW was probably the most experienced (years of service at sea) person on the frigate's bridge. With two trainees under him, who he'd have needed to keep eyes on.
Might anyone be familiar with the Norwegian Navy's traditions or practice in this regard? From the article, it sounds like the "young and relatively inexperienced" OOW was probably the most experienced (years of service at sea) person on the frigate's bridge. With two trainees under him, who he'd have needed to keep eyes on.