The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, recently concluded a decade with the U.S. 7th Fleet and sailed away from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. #military #militarynews #navy #usnavy #yokosuka #yokosukanavalbase Read more about the Benfold here: http://bit.ly/4h4tybR 🎥: Akifumi Ishikawa / Stars and Stripes | Stars and Stripes

On Sept. 27, members of the Stars and Stripes Pacific team visited the USS Benfold to install a new set of murals depicting the history of the destroyer and its namesake. The USS Benfold was homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base but soon returns to the U.S. The 15th Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer is named in honor of Hospitalman 3rd class Edward Clyde Benfold who was killed in action in 1952 during the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Korean War. Benfold was posthumously awarded a Medal of

Starfleet Records. James T. Kirk, Captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. Parallel Universe. Stardate: (2267) A landing party from the USS Enterprise comprised of Captain Kirk, Scott, Dr. McCoy, and Uhura are on the Halkan homeworld, attempting to gain rights on behalf of the Federation to mine dilithium on their planet. The Halkan leader, a man named Tharn, tells Kirk that while they find him to be believable, it does not change their overall position and that the Halkan Council cannot permit t