After graduating from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1998, LCDR Barbiaux completed a tour as the Assistant Engineering Officer and Damage Control Assistant on the USCGC Courageous out of Panama City, Florida. He was then selected for flight training at NAS Pensacola where he earned his designation as a Naval Aviator in single engine and rotary aircraft. In 2001, he reported to Air Station San Francisco where he completed qualifications for Aircraft Commander of the HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter. From 2005 to 2008, he conducted missions in Search and Rescue and Rotary Wing Air Intercept as duty pilot at CGAS Detroit. Following his tour in Detroit he reported to the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and earned his MBA.  

• M.S., Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
• B.S., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, United States Coast Guard Academy

• Macroeconomics, Undergraduate

• Eastern Academy of Management