All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.
Brendan Kruse ’00
Lieutenant (JG), United States Navy
I am currently a lieutenant junior grade in the surface warfare officer (SWO) community within the navy and will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 1 July 2011. I serve as the first lieutenant onboard the USS Paul Hamilton, an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As first lieutenant, I am directly responsible for all underway replenishments, aviation operations, anchorings and moorings, and all small boat operations.
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Ribbons
- Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Global War on Terrorism
- Sea Service Deployment
Medals
- National Defense Service Medal
- Iraqi Campaign Medal
- Global War on Terror Service Medal
I am currently finishing a seven-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf and
will be soon returning to wife and three kids in Pearl Harbor.
I look back fondly of my times at Woodberry as it is directly responsible for setting me off on the right foot and helping me to develop those crucial skills that were necessary to succeed at the university level and afterwards in the military.
— Brendan Kruse
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.
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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.