4. Rainey Is a Graduate of the University of Scranton, Where She Played Basketball, & Was a Member of the Army ROTC
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Rainey is originally from Pennsylvania and studied at the University of Scranton, where she played basketball for the school’s Division III team and was a member of the Army ROTC. When she was a junior, Rainey received a scholarship related to her ROTC service. “Colonel & Mrs. Robert L. Strayer Scholarship award. This award is presented each year to an MS III Cadet by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Military Order of World Wars for excellence in academics, leadership and community service,” the Royal Warrior Battalion at the University of Scranton said on Facebook in a 2011 post.
After graduating from the University of Scranton in 2012, Rainey was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned tomilitary intelligence.She gave birth to her first child, a son, in January 2019. The baby’s father is also in the U.S. Army, according to an Instagram post from Rainey. It’s not clear if they are married.
Joe Buccino, a public affairs officer at Fort Bragg, told WRAL, “It’s important for us to keep in mind that soldiers are allowed to participate in political rallies, provided they do so in civilian clothes, provided that they adhere to all laws.”
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