Archive image: Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) crewmembers conduct training at sea with MH-65E Dolphin aircrews from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), Jan. 30, 2025, off the coast of Florida.
USCGC Campbell embarked nearly sixty personnel from other Coast Guard Cutter crews for shipboard to helicopter operations training.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.
NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their home port in Newport following a 62-day patrol in the Windward Passage. Friday, June 20, 2025.
Cutter Campbell deployed in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry to advance the primary missions of safety of life at sea and deterrence of illegal migration in known transit zones. Campbell’s crew conducted maritime safety and security missions while protecting America’s maritime borders.
While operating in the Coast Guard 7th District’s area of responsibility, Campbell’s crew worked alongside the Coast Guard Cutters Diligence (WMEC 616), Vigorous (WMEC 627) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) with an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment (LEDET) to support maritime counter-drug operations by maintaining custody of 14 suspected smugglers apprehended in the Caribbean Sea.
USCGC Campbell also successfully completed a three-day Aviation Standardization inspection in Miami, Florida which evaluated the crew’s equipment, training and proficiency for conducting shipboard-helicopter operations at sea. These inspections reinforce Coast Guard readiness for drug interdiction operations, long-range patrols, and search and rescue (SAR). Additionally, the Cutter Campbell partnered with Coast Guard Station Miami and USCGC Vigorous for advanced boat tactics training.
“The Campbell and our Department of Homeland Security and Defense partners stood the watch day and night to deter irregular migration while helping the U.S. Coast Guard maintain full operational control of our southeastern maritime border,” said Cmdr. Jonathan Harris, commanding officer of Campbell. “I am very proud of this crew’s teamwork, ingenuity and professionalism throughout this patrol.”
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