Sydney "Chip" Farrar ’04

Captain, United States Marine Corps

After graduating from the University of Mississippi I was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. I graduated from The Basic School and Infantry Officers Course in 2009 and reported to 1st Battalion 7th Marines. In July 2010 I deployed on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) with Battalion Landing Team 1/7 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Pacific. As an officer with 1/7 I served first as a weapons platoon commander and then as a rifle platoon commander. In October 2011 I was screened by 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and transitioned to the Select Marine Corps Reserve.

I currently serve as a captain in the USMC Select Reserves as a platoon commander with 4th Recon Battalion, San Antonio, Texas. I was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal in 2011 for outstanding professional service.

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Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.

Woodberry Forest, VA 22989
Phone: 540-672-3900

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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.