Petty Officer 2nd Class Philip Lutz III, a 2012 Solanco High School graduate and Quarryville native, returned home Aug. 9, marking the end of a seven-month deployment aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Since departing its home port of Norfolk, Va., in January for the ship's Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the aircraft carrier remained underway and deployed to the Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.
Lutz is an aviation support equipment technician aboard the carrier. In this role, Lutz is responsible for managing the maintenance of hydraulic, pneumatic, refrigeration, and electrical systems as well as diesel engines that help support the maintenance on aircraft aboard ship.
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