 Turner was subsequently assigned to the staff, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet under Admiral Jerauld Wright and served at headquarters at Norfolk Navy Yard until July 1958, when he was sent to the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk.He graduated in February 1959 and joined the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. under Vice admiral Harold P. Smith.While in this capacity, he was promoted to Commander on July 1, 1959 and graduated with Bachelor of Science degree from the correspondence course at University of Maryland.