Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/31/2025 07:00 PM EDT

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Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage
10/31/2025 05:16 PM EDT

NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their homeport at U.S. Naval Station Newport, Monday, following a 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage. Campbell’s crew deployed to the Coast Guard District Southeast area of responsibility in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry, where crews advanced the primary missions of protecting the safety of life at sea while preventing unlawful maritime entry into the United States and its territories.
A overloaded Haitian sailing vessel underway approximately 40 miles east of Great Inagua, The Bahamas, September 21, 2025. A forward deployed U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted the vessel during a routine surveillance flight along the Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)