37th Engineer Battalion

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conduct an airfield seizure during Operation Steel Box 2 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Feb. 23, 2015. The operation validated the Brigade’s chemical and biological More

A paratrooper from the 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides security during an airfield seizure during Operation Steel Box 2 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Feb More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, unload anti-personnel obstacle breaching systems at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., July 30, 2015. The 2nd BCT d More

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 co More

A paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division gathers his equipment after landing on Forney Drop Zone during Operation Steel Box 2 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Feb. 23, 2015. (82nd Airborne Division photo More

Infantrymen assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide security before clearing a chemical production warehouse during Operation St More

Paratroopers assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a demolitions range with live anti-personnel obstacle breaching systems and a training mine clearin More

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 More

Paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, are briefed on a notional chemical manufacturing warehouse during Operation Steel Box 2 at the Incident Response Training Department on For More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to conduct live chemical training at the Chemical Defense Training Facility More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, unload a training mine clearing line charge at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., July 30, 2015. The 2nd BCT deploy More

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 c More

Infantrymen assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide security before clearing a chemical production warehouse during Operation St More

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division inspect a simulated chemical weapons production site at the C More

Paratroopers assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare live anti-personnel obstacle breaching systems at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif More

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 More

Infantrymen from the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division proceed to clear a notional chemical manufacturing warehouse during Operation Steel Box 2 at More

An explosive ordnance disposal team, assigned to the 192nd Ordnance Battalion, secures a artillery round doused with live chemical agent found at a simulated chemical weapons production site during Operation St More

Sgt. Nicholas Ritter, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, participates in a demolitions range with live anti-personnel obstacle breaching More

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 More

A paratrooper stands guard in the doorway of a notional chemical manufacturing warehouse during Operation Steel Box 2 at the Incident Response Training Department on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Feb. 24, 2015. The o More

Second Lt. James Oroho, an engineer officer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, instructs paratroopers on the employment of live anti-personnel obstacle bre More

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 c More

A chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division examines chemicals found in a notional chemical manufacturin More

Staff Sgt. Richard Lugo and Pvt. Brandon Casella, both combat engineers assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, discuss the employment of live anti-personnel ob More

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 More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, use an M256A1 chemical agent detector kit to detect for chemical agent presences at More

Fired by paratroopers assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, the rocket from a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system streaks across the sky at the Nati More

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 More

A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, applies M100 sorbent decontamination system to remove chemical agent from the surf More

Fired by paratroopers assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system explodes at the National Training Center at Fort I More

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 More

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 Com More

An explosive ordnance disposal team, assigned to the 192nd Ordnance Battalion, secures a artillery round doused with live chemical agent found at a simulated chemical weapons production site during Operation St More

Pvt. Pedro Arroyo, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a demolition range More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, help each other put on the M50 gas mask as they prepare to conduct live chemical tr More

Pfc. Daniel Torres, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a demolition range More

VX, a live nerve gas, is placed on an M4 carbine training aid during Operation Steel Box 2 at the Chemical Defense Training Facility at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Feb. 25, 2015. Paratroopers from the 2nd Brig More

Pvt. Pedro Arroyo, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, awaits the order to fire a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a d More

Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to conduct live agent chemical training at the Chemical Defense Training Facility on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Feb. 25, 2015. P More

Pvt. Pedro Arroyo, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a demolition range at More

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division record their findings found at a simulated chemical weapons p More

Sgt. Daniel Wisniewski, a combat engineer assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares a live anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a demolition r More

Capt. Maria Frishman, Commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne photographs findings in a simulated chemical weapons production More