Starfleet Career Summary of James T. Kirk
2250 — As a first-year Academy student with ensign rank, assigned to U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371
2254 — Upon graduation, promoted to lieutenant and posted to U.S.S. Farragut under Capt. Garrovick
2264 — Promoted to captain, in command of U.S.S. Enterprise for five-year mission
2266 — Exonerated in wrongful death charge of Ben Finney, first captain ever to stand trial
2269 — Returned from five-year mission; promoted to admiral in charge of fleet operations at Earth
2271 — Demanded to relieve Capt. Will Decker, his choice as successor for the refit Enterprise, and dealt with V'Ger crisis before beginning second five-year mission
2277 — Accepts appointment to Academy faculty, moves into San Francisco apartment
2286 — Charged, convicted and reduced permanently to captain's rank by the Federation Council for theft of Enterprise a year earlier, after saving Earth from alien onslaught by securing two extinct whales via time-traveling; given command of U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A
2287 — Explores center of the galaxy with Enterprise-A hijacked by Sybok
2293* — Spearheads initiatives leading to Khitomer Accords and exposes anti-peace conspiracy in Starfleet and Klingon Empire; dies while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B from an energy anomaly just minutes after its commissioning ceremony
2371 — Reappears in Nexus long enough to help Captain Jean-Luc Picard save planet Veridian III from destruction in the Nexus
2250 — As a first-year Academy student with ensign rank, assigned to U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371
2254 — Upon graduation, promoted to lieutenant and posted to U.S.S. Farragut under Capt. Garrovick
2264 — Promoted to captain, in command of U.S.S. Enterprise for five-year mission
2266 — Exonerated in wrongful death charge of Ben Finney, first captain ever to stand trial
2269 — Returned from five-year mission; promoted to admiral in charge of fleet operations at Earth
2271 — Demanded to relieve Capt. Will Decker, his choice as successor for the refit Enterprise, and dealt with V'Ger crisis before beginning second five-year mission
2277 — Accepts appointment to Academy faculty, moves into San Francisco apartment
2286 — Charged, convicted and reduced permanently to captain's rank by the Federation Council for theft of Enterprise a year earlier, after saving Earth from alien onslaught by securing two extinct whales via time-traveling; given command of U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A
2287 — Explores center of the galaxy with Enterprise-A hijacked by Sybok
2293* — Spearheads initiatives leading to Khitomer Accords and exposes anti-peace conspiracy in Starfleet and Klingon Empire; dies while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B from an energy anomaly just minutes after its commissioning ceremony
2371 — Reappears in Nexus long enough to help Captain Jean-Luc Picard save planet Veridian III from destruction in the Nexus