RM2M9W989–Mrs. Nicole Halladay, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, receives the 'Heart' trophy during the 1st Cavalry Divison' Volunteer of the Year Ceremony. Mrs. Halladay volunteered over 300 hours leading the 215th BSB meetings, and coordinated numerous events inside 1st Cav.
RME1GXBR–Sgt. Maurice Rue-Whitfield, 1st Calvary Division, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, ground guides a cayman during a training exe
RMHEKYDP–First Lt. Tiffany Bradley, B FMC, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, a native of Columbus, Ga., works at her computer in an effort to get equipment turned in Oct. 24, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. (Photo by: 2nd Lt. Samuel Eldridge, B FMC, 215th BSB, 3rd AAB, 1st Cavalry Division) Maintenance company prepares for redeployment 484855
RMR8YXHA–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB.
RMJ3W2YG–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored
RMR8YXHD–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB.
RMJ3W2YE–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored
RMHENB22–Staff Sgt. Jameel Hodges, a transportation platoon sergeant for Alpha Distribution Company 125th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, takes notes at the noncommissioned officer development program Jan. 29, at the Operation Iraqi Freedom Dining Facility on Fort Hood, Texas (U.S. Army photographed by Spc. Genesia Zanardi HHC, 215th BSB UPAR, 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div.) Blacksmiths enforcing and executing 140129-A-XX000-003
RMHEKD6N–Capt. Vernie Param, a native of Goose Creek, S.C., and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Thomas, a native of Hartsville, S.C., both with Alpha Distribution Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, presented the Class IX Yard contractors with certificates of appreciation Sept. 1, 2011 at Contingency Operating Base Basrah, Iraq for the hard work and dedication they provide to the unit to accomplish its wartime mission. (Photo by: 1st Lt. Michael Escalera, ADC, 215th BSB, 3rd AAB, 1st Cav. Div.) Civilians supporting the war effort 452266
RMMN36ED–215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conducts a convoy live-fire at Udairi Range, Kuwait Aug. 13-18. The sustainment battalion had the range built from scratch to help facilitate realistic scenarios and maximizing the training. (photo courtesy of 215th BSB)
RMPFF50N–An officer from A Company, 215th BSB, 3ABCT, 1CD moves between firing positions in anticipation from an attack from the opposing forces during the battalion’s base defense exercise June 12 on Fort Hood.
RMMN36EC–A convoy with 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepares to roll-out and conduct a live-fire exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait Aug. 13-18. The sustainment battalion had the range built from scratch to help facilitate realistic scenarios and maximizing the training. (photo courtesy of 215th BSB)
RMMN36EB–Soldiers with 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conduct a hasty recovery of a vehicle as part of their convoy live-fire exercise at the Udairi Range, Kuwait Aug. 13-18. The sustainment battalion had the range built from scratch to help facilitate realistic scenarios and maximizing the training. (photo courtesy of 215th BSB)
RMMR1R1J–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored
RMPFF50X–A Soldier with A Company 215th BSB, 3ABCT, 1CD directs a quick reaction force (not pictured) toward attacking opposition forces during the unit’s base defense exercise on Fort Hood, June 12.
RMMR1R1K–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant assigned to the Brigade Supprt Medical Battalion, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, examines a patient March 18 at the Brigade Aid Station at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 24-year Army veteran is deployed with her son. 'He can hold his own, and that's what makes me sleep at night that I don't have to worry about him,' she said about her son, Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician also assigned to BSMC, 215th BSB. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored
RMPE37X8–Spc. Rosa Santos, a Tucson, Ariz., native and unit supply specialist with the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, shows Acting Under Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning how the unit processes incoming parts Tuesday at Fort Hood, Texas. Fanning visited the 215th BSB motor pool to learn how Soldiers get the parts and equipment that they need.
RMJ3W2Y1–Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, inputs patient information March 9, 2017 at the Behavioral Health Clinic at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMHEK9RY–U.S. Army Spc. Wei Ni of Charlie Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, clears his protective mask at the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, April 10, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Mehall Lyssa/Released) U.S. Army Spc. Wei Ni of Charlie Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, clears his protective mask at the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency 110410-A-EM249-001
RMJ3W2YH–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant, and her son Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician, both assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are deployed for nine months to Camp Buehring, Kuwait. 'We are passionate about the military,' Wolfe said. 'This is our Army.' (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR8YXH3–Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, inputs patient information March 9, 2017 at the Behavioral Health Clinic at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
RMHEPRH6–Sgt. Nicholas Santos, a senior medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion; 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, passes up Sgt Edwin Luchendo, a medic assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd ABCT, during the last leg of the 12-mile foot march at the division's Best Medic Competition.Twelve First Team Soldiers competed to earn the opportunity to represent the 1st Cavalry Division in this year's Best Medic Competition in San Antonio in October. Medics Battle for Best 160426-A-LC087-050
RMHENDAM–Spc. Benjamin Wurtz, a small-arms artillery repairman with Forward Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, uses a bore scope to determine if this 20 mm mortar tube assembly is safe to fire rounds March 12 at Fort Hood, Texas. The Lake Wales, Fla., native, inspect the inside of the mortar tube using a series of mirrors and lights to look for corrosion, rust or deformation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 3rd BCT PAO, 1st Cav. Div.) Cav Soldiers returning weapons back to the fight 140312-A-FJ427-141
RMHEPRGW–Sgt. Nicholas Santos, a senior medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion; 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, contemplates a climb up a wall with a rope while negotiating an obstacle course during the division's Best Medic Competition.Twelve First Team Soldiers competed to earn the opportunity to represent the 1st Cavalry Division in this year's Best Medic Competition in San Antonio in October. Medic Battle for Best 160425-A-LC087-021
RMMT6JX2–The opposing forces, played by Soldiers from Bravo Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, engage Soldiers from Alpha Company and attempt to steal the resupply before they can recover it. Many of the Alpha Company Soldiers had never recovered a resupply off of the drop zone, so this was a learning experience for them. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMJ0GBXH–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 31. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR8YXHN–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant, and her son Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician, both assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are deployed for nine months to Camp Buehring, Kuwait. 'We are passionate about the military,' Wolfe said. 'This is our Army.'
RMJ0GBXJ–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 31. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMJ0GBXE–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew waits its turn to occupy the battle position and engage targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPR42F0–The opposing forces, played by Soldiers from Bravo Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, engage Soldiers from Alpha Company and attempt to steal the resupply before they can recover it. Many of the Alpha Company Soldiers had never recovered a resupply off of the drop zone, so this was a learning experience for them.
RMJ0GBXG–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPR42EP–A line of vehicles from Alpha Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division awaits the start of a convoy to a drop zone to conduct air drop resupply training July 27, 2017. For many of the Soldiers, this was their first time working with aircraft for a resupply mission.
RMJ0GBXF–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMJ0GBTH–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPR42F1–A gunner assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division engages the opposing forces on the drop zone at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, during air drop resupply training. As members of an armored brigade combat team, the Soldiers don't often get the chance to train with aircraft during resupply operations.
RMJ0GBTM–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew scans for targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPR42EW–A Soldier assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division recovers one of two bundles off of the drop zone during air drop resupply training July 27, 2017 at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait. The Soldiers were evaluated on their execution of a tactical convoy, drop zone set-up and marking, drop zone security, and resupply recovery.
RMJ0GBTG–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPR42EX–Capt. Tim Davis, the brigade aviation officer for the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives feedback to the Soldiers of the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd ABCT, 1st Cav. Div. after the completion of air drop resupply training. The Soldiers executed a tactical convoy to the drop zone, established drop zone security, set up and marked the drop zone, and recovered the resupply.
RMJ0GBTK–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMJ0GBNE–Pallets full of M865 Kinetic Energy training rounds for the M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank's M256 smoothbore gun sit at the ammo point of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex. These rounds have a muzzle velocity of 1,700 meters per second and a maximum effective range of 2,500 meters. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armo
RMMT6JWM–A line of vehicles from Alpha Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division awaits the start of a convoy to a drop zone to conduct air drop resupply training July 27, 2017. For many of the Soldiers, this was their first time working with aircraft for a resupply mission. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMPR42ET–A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew from 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation drops bundles signifying an emergency resupply onto a marked drop zone for the Soldiers of Alpha Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to recover July 27, 2017. This training enabled the Soldiers to conduct a tactical convoy to the drop zone, set up the drop zone, establish security, and recover the resupply while taking contact from the opposing forces.
RMMT6JX3–A gunner assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division engages the opposing forces on the drop zone at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, during air drop resupply training. As members of an armored brigade combat team, the Soldiers don't often get the chance to train with aircraft during resupply operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMPR42ER–A gunner assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division scans his sector during a convoy to a drop zone at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, to conduct air drop resupply training July 27, 2017. As members of an armored brigade combat team, the Soldiers don't often get to train with aircraft, so this provided an opportunity for the Soldiers to get familiar with setting up a drop zone, establishing drop zone security, and recovering resupply off of a drop zone.
RMMT6JX0–Capt. Tim Davis, the brigade aviation officer for the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives feedback to the Soldiers of the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd ABCT, 1st Cav. Div. after the completion of air drop resupply training. The Soldiers executed a tactical convoy to the drop zone, established drop zone security, set up and marked the drop zone, and recovered the resupply. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMPWXGDA–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.
RMMT6JWW–A Soldier assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division recovers one of two bundles off of the drop zone during air drop resupply training July 27, 2017 at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait. The Soldiers were evaluated on their execution of a tactical convoy, drop zone set-up and marking, drop zone security, and resupply recovery. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick))
RMMR1R1G–Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, inputs patient information March 9, 2017 at the Behavioral Health Clinic at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMPWXGD8–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.
RMMR1R1N–Capt. Andrea Wolfe, senior brigade physician assistant, and her son Spc. Kameron Wideman, a behavioral health technician, both assigned to the Brigade Support Medical Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are deployed for nine months to Camp Buehring, Kuwait. 'We are passionate about the military,' Wolfe said. 'This is our Army.' (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMP64ETK–Sgt. Nicholas Santos, a senior medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion; 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, passes up Sgt Edwin Luchendo, a medic assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd ABCT, during the last leg of the 12-mile foot march at the division's Best Medic Competition.Twelve First Team Soldiers competed to earn the opportunity to represent the 1st Cavalry Division in this year's Best Medic Competition in San Antonio in October.
RMMT6JWT–A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew from 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation drops bundles signifying an emergency resupply onto a marked drop zone for the Soldiers of Alpha Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to recover July 27, 2017. This training enabled the Soldiers to conduct a tactical convoy to the drop zone, set up the drop zone, establish security, and recover the resupply while taking contact from the opposing forces. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMPWXGDB–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.
RMMT6JWR–A gunner assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division scans his sector during a convoy to a drop zone at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, to conduct air drop resupply training July 27, 2017. As members of an armored brigade combat team, the Soldiers don't often get to train with aircraft, so this provided an opportunity for the Soldiers to get familiar with setting up a drop zone, establishing drop zone security, and recovering resupply off of a drop zone. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick)
RMMRYC26–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)
RMPWXGD7–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.
RMMRYC22–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)
RMPWXGDD–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.
RMMRYC25–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 we
RMPWXGD9–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 we
RMMRYC28–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)
RMR7TKGF–Capt. Andrea Wolfe holds her 2-year-old son, Kameron, in this undated personal photo. Kameron is now 20 years old and serving in the Army alongside his mother. Currently the two are deployed together to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, for nine months.
RMMRYC2A–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 pho
RMR7RXR2–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMRYC21–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)
RMJ22FT9–U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Hickman (right), deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Central, pins air assault wings on one of the Air Assault Course’s honor graduates Sgt. Carl Howard, combat medic, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during graduation day, April 14, 2017, at Camp Beuhring, Kuwait. The Air Assault Course is a 12-day class that allows U.S. military personnel in the U.S. Army Central area of operations the unique opportunity to become air assault qualified, while deployed outside the continental United States.
RMJ22EY8–U.S. Army Spc. Dylan Gustaitis, radiology specialist, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, rappels off a tower at Kuwait’s first Air Assault Course, April 12, 2017, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Rappelling off a 50-foot tower is one of several tests students have to pass within in the three phases of the course. The Air Assault Course is a 12-day class that allows U.S. military personnel in the U.S. Army Central area of operations the unique opportunity to become air assault qualified, while deployed outside the continental United States.
RMHEPGNR–Soldiers assigned to Company A, 215th Brigade Support Battalion 'Blacksmith,' 3rd Brigade Combat Team 'Greywolf,' 1st Cavalry Division provide water to residents of one of three Comanche Village housing communities July 14 at Fort Hood, Texas. Soldiers provided 8,000 gallons of water and 16,000 pounds of ice to the village's residents and also provided 4,000 gallons to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center on post during the repair of Belton Lake's pipe after it ruptured. (Courtesy photo by 215th BSB, 3ABCT Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div. (released) No water, no problem 140714-A-XX000-002
RMHEJ0CG–CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – Spc. Stephon McIntyre, with B Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and a native of Anderson, S.C. rides in the back of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle during a Sustainment Replenishment Operation in southern Iraq, Aug. 24, 2011. The Soldiers of B Company are responsible for the movement of supplies throughout southern Iraq. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Justin Hackett, 215th BSB, 3AAB, 1st Cav. Div.) Resupplying bases in southern Iraq 461003
RMP67BMA–Alexandra Butler, wife of Spc. Travonta Butler, a Blacksmith supply specialist executes a modified position of the abdominal exercise, the rower. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Victoria St. Brice, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team UPAR, 1st Cav. Div. (released)
RMR7RXPM–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division discusses targeting in preparation for their turn to execute Table VI qualification at the Udairi Range Complex March 27. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMP67BM9–Alexandra Butler, wife of Spc. Travonta Butler, a Blacksmith supply specialist, engages targets, with a M249 machine gun, during a virtual convoy training at the Warrior Skills Training Center at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Victoria St. Brice, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team UPAR, 1st Cav. Div. (released)
RMP64ETD–Sgt. Nicholas Santos, a senior medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion; 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, climbs a rope while negotiating an obstacle course during the division's Best Medic Competition.Twelve First Team Soldiers competed to earn the opportunity to represent the 1st Cavalry Division in this year's Best Medic Competition in San Antonio in October.
RMR7RXR5–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew scans for targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMP64ETH–Sgt. Nicholas Santos, a senior medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion; 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, contemplates a climb up a wall with a rope while negotiating an obstacle course during the division's Best Medic Competition.Twelve First Team Soldiers competed to earn the opportunity to represent the 1st Cavalry Division in this year's Best Medic Competition in San Antonio in October.
RMR7RXPK–Ammunition cans full of 7.62mm rounds for the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle's M240C machine gun sit at the ammo point of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 27. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMRYC2E–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)
RMR7TFJF–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 31. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMRYC2D–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)
RMR7RXPJ–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle shoots at targets during the brigade's Table VI qualfications at the Udairi Range Complex March 27. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMRYC2G–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)
RMMPRE2N–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division shoots at target during the night fire portion of Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7RXPH–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division carries a full load of ammunition to their waiting Bradley in preparation for their turn to execute Table VI qualification at the Udairi Range Complex March 27. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE3X–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew waits its turn to occupy the battle position and engage targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7TFJD–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE3Y–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7RXR4–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE40–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7RXPN–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division shoots at target during the night fire portion of Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE30–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division shoots at target during the night fire portion of Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMMPRE3T–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew scans for targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7RXPP–An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division shoots at target during the night fire portion of Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE3G–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7RXR1–Pallets full of M865 Kinetic Energy training rounds for the M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank's M256 smoothbore gun sit at the ammo point of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex. These rounds have a muzzle velocity of 1,700 meters per second and a maximum effective range of 2,500 meters. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE3J–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMR7TFJE–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
RMMPRE3R–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank engages targets during the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 28. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
RMMPRE3A–Pallets full of M865 Kinetic Energy training rounds for the M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank's M256 smoothbore gun sit at the ammo point of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex. These rounds have a muzzle velocity of 1,700 meters per second and a maximum effective range of 2,500 meters. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armo
RMR7TFJC–A 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew waits its turn to occupy the battle position and engage targets during the night fire portion of the brigade's Table VI qualifications at the Udairi Range Complex March 29. The brigade tank and Bradley crews spent about two weeks in the field conducting sustainment gunnery to ensure all the crews qualified at day and night fire to maintain proficiency.
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