Well, that's to be expected. Kirk would probably not have even made it through Annapolis, and if he somehow became a commissioned officer in the USN his career would likely have ended in a DD. Officers like Styles, on the other hand, are a dime a dozen.

Kirk only really works in the far future or in the Age of Sail. There ain't a lot of room for guys like him in the context of a modern real-life navy.

-Merc
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