Brigadier General Saw Kyar Doe was a Karen military officer who served as the first deputy Chief of Army Staff from 4 January 1948 to 31 July 1948.
[1][2][3][4] In 1924, at the age of 16, he joined the army, attended training in Maymyo, and served in the 2nd Burma Rifle in Taiping, Malaysia.
During the World War II, he served as a colonel in the Burmese Defense Army (BDA) under the command of General Aung San.
After the war, he returned to serve as a deputy battalion commander at the Burma Regimental Center which was opened in Maymyo.
So he moved to the post of Chief of Operations but was forced to retire when Karen insurgents began their war for independence from Burma.