The name of Major Elena Mendenhall Justice is well known with cadets who have studied the Battle of Omicron Canaris in 2255. She was the officer in charge of the 17th Marine Expeditionary Unit stationed aboard the dreadnought USS Amaterasu. Justice was born as Elena Mendenhall Winston at Novaya Vladivostok, Deneva to the planetary Governor Charles David Winston (2245-2262). She took her mother's maiden name when she was 13 and emancipated herself to evade the influence of her father's family name. Like most starry-eyed adolescents, she enrolled in Starfleet, graduating Starfleet Academy in 2236. (Tales of the Seventh Fleet)