Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Septemba 1978, mgbe a rụchara ọrụ na Charleston Naval Shipyard, "Richmond K. Turner" mere ka a mara na Fleet Training Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO) maka Refresher Training (REFTRA). N'echi ya mgbe ọ bịarutere, e nyere "Richmond K. Turner" ntụziaka ka ọ kwụsịtụ ma mee nnyocha nke ndị agha mmiri Soviet na-arụ ọrụ na West Indies. Mgbe a rụchara ọrụ ahụ, a gwara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ka o si n'Oké Osimiri Panama gafee ma na-eme nnyocha n'ebe dịpụrụ adịpụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Nicaragua. N'ịbanye ndị nkuzi REFTRA, "Richmond K. Turner" mechara ọzụzụ ya niile mgbe a na-etinye ya n'ọrụ. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ nwetara Ngọzi Meritorious Unit maka ọrụ ndị a na March 1979. N'agbata ọnwa Mach na Septemba afọ 1979, ọ na-arụ ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na nke onwe ya na Sixth Fleet, "Richmond K. Turner" gara n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, na Valencia, Spain; Civitavecchia (Rome) na Alassio, Italy; Athens, Greece; na Constanta, Romania na Oké Osimiri Ojii. A họpụtara "Turner" ịnọchite anya United States na St. Tropez na ncheta afọ iri atọ na ise nke
Ndị agha Allied rutere n'ebe ndịda France. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1986, "Turner" gbara egbe Harpoon nke ọma na Ọwara Oké Osimiri Sidra, na-ebibi ihe mgbaru ọsọ na nso nke. Nke a bụ nke mbụ a gbagburu mgbọ Harpoon site n'ụgbọ mmiri US Navy.