CAPT Henry J. Barfield 25 Jul 1975 - 06 Jan 1979

Captain Henry J. (Jack) Barfield graduated high school in Dallas, TX in 1957 and entered the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class 1961. Following commissioning, he reported to his first ship, USS DEWEY (DLG 14), where he served as First Lieutenant, CIC Officer, and Main Propulsion Assistant. After 2-1/2 years on the DEWEY, Jack attended submarine school and then served on two diesel-electric submarines: USS TROUT (SS 566), where he qualified in submarines, and USS HARDER (SS 568). He served in most of the normal submarine junior officer assignments during these two tours. In July, 1967, Jack entered nuclear power training at Bainbridge, MD, followed by the S1C prototype in Windsor, CT. From prototype, he was assigned to USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622), where he served as Main Propulsion Assistant during a refueling overhaul. Jack qualified as Engineer Officer on a nuclear propulsion plant during this tour. Jack was then assigned to three successive tours on fast attack submarine in the Pacific: USS HADDOCK (SSN 621), serving as Operation Officer and Navigator; USS TAUTOG (SSN 639), where he served as Executive Officer; USS SARGO (SSN 583) serving as Commanding Officer. WestPac deployments were made on all three of these submarines. A six-month period of instruction at the Armed Forces Staff College occurred between the HADDOCK and TAUTOG assignments. Following completion of his command tour aboard SARGO, Jack reported to Commander, Submarine Group SEVEN staff in Yokosuka, Japan, where he served as Operations Officer for the Seventh Fleet deployed submarines. Jack's final assignment on active duty was with COMPACFLT, where he served for five years, first as Submarine Operations Officer, and then as Fleet Intelligence Officer. Jack retired from the Navy in 1985. While at COMPACFLT Jack earned a Coast Guard Unlimited Master's License, and following retirement, he captained six different oceanographic research vessels while conducting surveys for the Naval Oceanographic Office. These operations were conducted in the vicinity of Indonesia, Somalia, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the Arctic. In 1994, after ten years of oceanographic research, Jack retired from sea-going life and settled in Federal Way, WA with his wife Ning and son Jay. Jack is employed by the Washington State Department of Ecology, where he continues his life-long association with ships by administering the database operations for the Oil Spill Prevention Program, which inspects and regulates commercial shipping in Puget Sound and the Columbia River with the goal of preventing oil spills. Ning is an Occupational Therapist; Jay graduated from the Naval Academy in 2011 and entered the submarine service. In 2015 he was serving on the USS BOISE (SSN 764) in Norfolk, VA. At home, Jack is very active with the Naval Academy Information Program, working with Naval Academy candidates and serving as the Deputy Coordinator for Congressional matters in Washington State. Ning is heavily involved with the USNA Parents Club of Washington as Events Coordinator and in potential candidate outreach.

USS DEWEY (DLG 14)	USS TROUT (SS 566)	USS HARDER (SS 568)	USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622)	USS HADDOCK (SSN 621)	USS TAUTOG (SSN 639)	USS SARGO (SSN 583)