Richmond K. Turner
Escorting the aircraft carrier USS "Theodore Roosevelt" through the Suez Canal in late April 1991, "Richmond K. Turner" participated in Operation Provide Comfort, a massive relief effort to help tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees who fled the turmoil of Iraq following that country's defeat in the war. During this time "Richmond K. Turner" became the Anti-Air Warfare Commander for the Aircraft Carrier Striking Force, U.S. Sixth Fleet.