First Sergeant Barnes is a native of Yuma Arizona and graduated from Twentynine Palms High School in 2003. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2006 and attended recruit training aboard MCRD Parris Island South Carolina. First Sergeant Barnes graduated as the Company Honor Graduate of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion resulting in a meritorious promotion to Private First Class and executed his orders to Marine Combat Training at Camp Geiger in Jacksonville NC. Upon completion of his training, First Sergeant Barnes attended the Naval Aircrew Candidate School in Pensacola Florida where he was designated as an aircrewman for the UH-1N Huey helicopter and meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal. 
 
In 2007, he attended all required schools to include SERE school, training at the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training aboard MCAS Camp Pendleton, and Crewmember Training at HMLA-T 303. First Sergeant Barnes executed his orders to his first squadron, HMLA 267 with whom he would deploy three times, twice on the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and once with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa Japan. During the deployments from 2008 to 2011, he served as a UH-1N/AH-1W helicopter mechanic and crew chief providing close air support, to include the rescue of the Magellan Star during a Visit Board Search and Seizure mission after the ship had been pirated by a group of rogue Somali Pirates. First Sergeant Barnes was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeant during the deployment. Upon returning home from his third deployment in 2011, First Sergeant Barnes executed his orders to HMLA 469 and began the newly established squadron's training in preparation for the upcoming deployment to the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. 
 
 In April of 2012, having just completed the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, he deployed to Afghanistan aboard Camp Bastion Airfield in support of Operation enduring freedom 12.1 and 12.2 where he would be Combat Meritoriously promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. First Sergeant Barnes returned to the states in November of 2012 where he would remain with HMLA 469 until the end of 2013, executing his orders to MCRD Parris Island for Drill Instructor Duty. 
 
During his tour as a Drill Instructor from 2014 to 2017, First Sergeant Barnes was assigned to Bravo Company and held the billets of Drill Instructor, Experienced Drill Instructor, Senior Drill Instructor, Chief Drill Instructor, and was the Battalion Drill Master for the First Recruit Training Battalion. First Sergeant Barnes was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in 2017 and assigned orders to Marine Helicopter Squadron One in Quatinco Virginia where he would assume the duties of the Flightline Division Chief for the Executive Flight Detachment. 
 
From October 2017-March 2021, First Sergeant Barnes managed the Flightline Division at Marine Helicopter Squadron One in support of the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. First Sergeant Barnes would be selected for promotion to his current rank in 2021 and received orders to the most highly decorated infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps, Second Battalion Fifth Marine Regiment to serve as the Company First Sergeant for Company G from April 2021 to April 2023. First Sergeant Barnes deployed again to Okinawa Japan in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the efforts to maintain U.S. presence in the INDOPACOM region. 
 
First Sergeant Barnes' personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2 gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 gold stars), and the Combat Air Medal (numeric device 8).