A Story Told in Photos
QAYYARAH, IRAQ
07.21.2014
Courtesy Photo
3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
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A 3-year-old Kaitlin Rayburn models the helmet of her dad, Tom Rayburn, a retired lieutenant colonel, in the Family’s home in Fort Lewis, Wash., around 1991. Now-Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, was encouraged by her dad to give ROTC a try in college. She and her brother Scott were commissioned during the same week in 2011, and they have both embraced the Army lifestyle. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore)
Tom Rayburn, a now-retired U.S. Army air defense and inspector general officer, holds his children, 3-year-old Scott and infant Kaitlin in the Family’s home in Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1989. Scott and Kaitlin, now both captains in the Army, recently reunited in Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, as Kaitlin watched her brother take command for the first time. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore)
The Rayburn children – 4-year-old Zach, 8-year-old Scott, and 6-year-old Kaitlin – participate in a field day at Gettysburg in 1995. Their father, retired Lt. Col. Tom Rayburn, regularly took them to civil war battlefields to watch reenactments and attend the educational events that were available, planting the seed of service to the nation early on in his children’s lives. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore)
The Rayburn children – 4-year-old Zach, 8-year-old Scott, and 6-year-old Kaitlin – participate in a field day at Gettysburg in 1995. Their father, retired Lt. Col. Tom Rayburn, regularly took them to civil war battlefields to watch reenactments and attend the educational events that were available, planting the seed of service to the nation early on in his children’s lives. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore)
U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and her brother, U.S. Army Capt. Scott Rayburn, incoming commander of Alpha Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, were able to see each other briefly when she attended his first change-of-command ceremony in Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. The siblings, who hail from Gainesville, Florida, both attended ROTC in college and were even commissioned during the same week in 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, hugs her brother, U.S. Army Capt. Scott Rayburn, commander of Alpha Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at his change-of-command ceremony in Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. The siblings, who hail from Gainesville, Florida, both attended ROTC in college and were even commissioned during the same week in 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
U.S. Army Capt. Scott Rayburn, commander of Alpha Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, addresses those in attendance, especially his sister, U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during his first-ever change-of-command ceremony at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and her brother, U.S. Army Capt. Scott Rayburn, incoming commander of Alpha Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, listen as 37th Eng. Bn. Commander Lt. Col. Sebastian Pastor addresses those in attendance at a change-of-command ceremony in Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. The siblings, who hail from Gainesville, Florida, both attended ROTC in college and were commissioned during the same week in 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches her older brother take command for the first time at a change-of-command ceremony in Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. The siblings, who hail from Gainesville, Florida, both attended ROTC in college and were commissioned during the same week in 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sebastian Pastor, commander of 37th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, passes the Alpha Company guidon to U.S. Army Capt. Scott Rayburn, the incoming commander, during a change of command ceremony at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 1, 2017. Rayburn’s sister, U.S. Army Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, traveled from her deployment location in Kuwait to Iraq to attend at her brother’s first change of command. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
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Date Taken: 07.01.2017
Date Posted: 07.15.2017 07:33
Photo ID: 3568661
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Location: QAYYARAH, IQ
Hometown: GAINESVILLE, FL, US
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