Brett Kraft will graduate as a U.S. Navy Ensign with a BS in Oceanography
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Brett Kraft, of Gloucester City native, successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical, and professional military training, at the U.S. Naval Academy. On May 26 he will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Oceanography and a commission as a U.S Navy Ensign.
Brett Kraft, U.S. Naval Academy He is a graduate of Gloucester City Junior/Senior High School, and the son of Jeffrey and Lori Kraft of Gloucester City.
At the academy, Brett was a member of the ECA: AIAA, VITNA, Oceanography club, USNA Fishing and Conservation, and SCUBA. Intramural/Varsity Soccer. AT/FP Officer, Plebe Summer Battalion, Operations Officer, Regimental AT/FP Officer, Company Squad Leader, Company Training Officer, Sea Trials Phase Commander. Upon graduation/commissioning Brett will attend flight school in Pensacola, Florida.
Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is the prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen.
U.S. News and World Reports has recognized the Naval Academy as a top five undergraduate engineering school and a top 20 best liberal arts college. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities.
Brett Kraft is pictured here with his parents, Jeffrey and Lori Kraft of Gloucester City; and his siblings Mitchell Kraft, Garrett Kraft and Emma Kraft. Brett Kraft has successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical, and professional military training, at the U.S. Naval Academy. On May 26 he will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Oceanography and a commission as a U.S Navy Ensign. They also study subjects such as leadership, ethics, small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, and military law. Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 25 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.
The Brigade of Midshipmen is comprised of approximately 4,400 students from every state in the union. Each year, approximately 1,200 young men and women are admitted to the Naval Academy's incoming class.
The academy's more than 81,000 alumni include one president, 21 members of Congress, five governors, 73 Medal of Honor recipients, two Nobel Prize winners, 52 astronauts, and 4,000 admirals and generals.
This item submitted by Lori Kraft.