This is the emotional moment military siblings surprised their family together for the first time in almost a decade – including their little sister who didn’t recognize her brother after so long apart. Taylor Evans and brother Randy left their hometown of Forest City, North Carolina, aged 18 to pursue a career in military service. Taylor, a specialist in the U.S. Army for four years was mostly stationed in Fort Cambell, Kentucky, meanwhile Randy was stationed overseas a lot including tours in South Korea and training in Australia and Japan throughout his eight years of service. While Taylor had been home to visit, it was 2015 since she and Randy had been home at the same time with parents Clay and Leslie, while little sister Lauren was just six when she last saw Randy. When Randy moved nearer home, from Washington to Georgia in 2024, beginning a new job as a correctional officer, Taylor immediately began trying to arrange a weekend they could all be together. Due to his new job, Randy wouldn’t be able to travel right away, but when an opportunity opened up around Memorial Day Weekend, Taylor worked with her grandma to come up with a big surprise. The siblings drove home on May 24 their mom, a cosmetologist, while she was distracted touching up their grandma’s hair and as the pair walked in she let out a scream before running in for a tearful hug. Little sister Lauren walked in and didn’t recognize Randy at first – until she realized it was him and the tears also started flowing. The pair then surprised their dad at work, with Randy hiding behind his truck, and when Taylor points to him, Clay can’t believe his eyes and goes in for a long-awaited hug with his son.