Welcome back to school. Your new driver is wearing fatigues.

National Guard soldier Richard Gibbs transports students to and from middle school at Morris H. Seigal Clark Avenue School in Chelsea, Mass. on Sept. 30.

CHELSEA, Mass. — When Sgt. Phillip Hickman served as the crew chief on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, he was responsible for maintaining the aircraft, firing a mounted weapon and overseeing everyone on board. His current mission involves a different kind of cargo: middle-schoolers. On a recent afternoon, Hickman was sitting behind the wheel of […]