Gaffer Tape said:
You should know by now that Starfleet subscribes to the Main Character Promotion Track school of militarism. It's the same way that Star Wars operates. Remember? When Han and Lando become generals for... reasons?

Han had a history and experience before joining the rebellion. So did Lando. If I recall correctly, Kirk was fresh out of the academy and was in the middle of a trial for cheating when they all (except Kirk) got called up. That's the other thing I didn't like, the way he acted during the Kobayashi Maru. Did he really need to sit there eating an apple acting like it was nothing? They could've at least had him pretend like he didn't know what was going on.

Han was captain of his own ship. He may have been made a General, but we don't really see him commanding anyone in the movies until Jedi.