Students and teachers along with friends and family gave Tommy Hutchins a “hometown sendoff” on Friday, March 22nd as he headed to the east coast for his next assignment with the U.S. Navy.
Airman Recruit Hutchins will serve as a fuel specialist on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The carrier, named after the 16th president of the United States is leaving its port in Norfolk, Virginia, for its new deployment. The precise route the carrier group will take is not known, but it’s expected to circumnavigate the Earth on the way to its new home in San Diego, California. The nuclear powered vessel went through its mid-life refueling and overhaul in Virginia and became the first in the Nimitz class aircraft carrier able to accommodate the F-35C Lightning II aircraft.
Tommy, a 2017 Friona High School graduate, visited Mrs. Gammon’s classes that Friday morning and later addressed a crowd of 600 pre-K through 5th grade students at the Mighty Writers Rally after lunch. Tommy is the son of Daniel and Darla Hutchins. Daniel is the Assistant Principal at the Friona Junior High School and Darla is the Director of Technology for the Friona ISD. See more photos on page 8 of the Friona Star.
Tommy Hutchins receives his own special “Flat Stanley” at the Mighty Writers Rally. Flat Stanley is an American children’s book series that recounts the adventures of Stanley Lambchop who survives being squashed flat by a falling bulletin board. Stanley enjoys traveling the world and makes the best of being flat.
