Coast Guard Cutter Campbell to receive new captain
by Coast Guard First District Northeast News on 6 Apr 2017
The Coast Guard Cutter Campbell sailing home after a two-month Caribbean patrol Coast Guard Cutter Campbell
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
WHO: Cmdr. Mark A. McDonnell will be relieving Capt. Michael F. Nasitka as the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell.
WHEN: Saturday, April, 8, 2017 at 12 p.m.
WHERE: Coast Guard Moorings at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Gate 1, which is located in Kittery, Maine at intersection of Wentworth and Walker streets.
The Change of Command Ceremony is a time-honored military tradition. It is a formal ritual conducted before the assembled company of the command. It conveys to officers and enlisted personnel of the cutter that although the authority of command is relinquished by one person and assumed by another, it is still maintained without interruption.
The Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC-909) is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, NH.
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