USS Preble
Executive Officer (Relieved December 2011) 
CDR Kurt Sellerberg
Executive Officer (Relieved December 2011)
A native of Stanfordville, New York, Commander Kurt Sellerberg graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in English.

CDR Sellerberg’s previous at sea assignments include Electrical Officer and Main Propulsion Assistant in USS FIFE (DD 991), Engineering Officer in USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG 53) and Materiel Officer in COMDESRON 23. Throughout his career he has completed multiple deployments and supported numerous operations including counter-drug operations in support of JIATF-W, Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. 

Ashore, CDR Sellerberg earned a Master’s of Arts degree in Foreign Policy and Military Affairs from the Naval War College while serving as an instructor of Naval Science at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also served in the Pentagon on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff as Aide and Deputy Executive Assistant to Director, Surface Warfare (N86) and Director, Warfare Integration (N8F). He recently completed a joint tour as crisis action planner and Deputy Branch Chief, Northeast Asia, Future Operations Division (J35) in HQ USPACOM.

CDR Sellerberg is the Executive Officer in USS PREBLE (DDG 88), home ported in San Diego, California.

CDR Sellerberg’s personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards), Joint Achievement Service Medal, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 Awards), and various meritorious unit, service and campaign awards.

 NEWS
Surface Forces Announces 2009 Battle "E" Winners
Commander, Naval Surface Forces has announced the winners of the Navy Battle "E" Award for 2009. San Diego homeported award winners are: USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), USS Benfold (DDG 65), USS Peleliu (LHA 5), USS Curts (FFG 38), USS Howard (DDG 83), and USS Kidd (DDG 100).
Uss Benfold
USS Benfold Deploys in Support of BMD
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) is nearing preparations for her upcoming deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East.
USS Benfold Returns From Deployment
SAN DIEGO – The Arleigh Burke class destroyer, USS Benfold (DDG 65), returned to San Diego Mar. 16 after a six-month deployment to 7th and 5th Fleet Areas of Responsibility (AORs).
USS Benfold DDG 65 Hosts Midshipmen for Summer Training
San Diego (NNS) – USS Benfold (DDG 65) welcomed 23 Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy for a two-day cruise off the coast of Southern California as a part of summer training
NSWC Port Hueneme Readies USS Benfold for RIMPAC
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme completed a six-day assessment June 17 of USS Benfold's (DDG 65) systems in preparation for the ship's participation in upcoming Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for RIMPAC
USS Benfold (DDG 65) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010
PEARL HARBOR- USS Benfold (DDG 65) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for RIMPAC 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multi-national interoperability
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) fires a surface-to-air missile off the coast of
USS Benfold (DDG 65) Performing RIMPAC Exercises
PACIFIC OCEAN - The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) fires a surface-to-air missile off the coast of Hawaii as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve interoperability.
As conning officer, Midshipman 3/C Joaquin Leal from the United States Naval Academy (USNA), prepares to give an order to maneuv
Midshipmen Participate in RIMPAC
Hawaiian Operating Area, Pacific Ocean – Thirteen midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy (USNA) and various Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) units are embarked in USS Benfold (DDG 65) during the 22nd Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.
Drydock
USS Benfold in Drydock
SAN DIEGO, CA—The sighs of relief are audible in BAE shipyard as USS BENFOLD (DDG 65) has finally entered the drydock.
Change Of Command Ceremony (May 6, 2011)
Benfold Holds Change of Command
SAN DIEGO, CA – Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) held a change of command ceremony in the drydock of BAE Systems’ Shipyard, May 6th, 2011.

 Served with...
CDR Joe Cahill

Start Date: January 2010
End Date: January 2012
CMDCM Jeffery A. Campbell

Start Date: July 2010
End Date: March 2013
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