Varfolomeyev then attended the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy, graduating in 2009.
In June that year he became deputy commander of the 11th Submarine Division, and in May 2013 commander of the 339th separate brigade of submarines under construction or repair at the White Sea Naval Base.
In November 2014 he was appointed commander of the 11th Submarine Division, based at Zaozyorsk, and concurrently head of the town's garrison.
As part of his military service, Varfolomeyev took part in the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and was promoted to rear-admiral on 11 December 2015.
He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation on 8 December 2017 for "courage and heroism in the performance of military duty", and was presented with his award by President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony on 28 December in the Saint George Hall at the Grand Kremlin Palace.

In 2017 Varfolomeyev's 11th Submarine Division was recognised as the best submarine formation in the Northern Fleet that year, at a meeting of the fleet's military council led by Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov.
Since September 2018 Varfolomeyev has been a student at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, in the faculty of national security and state defence.
Varfolomeyev then attended the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy, graduating in 2009. In June that year he became deputy commander of the 11th Submarine Division, and in May 2013 commander of the 339th separate brigade of submarines under construction or repair at the White Sea Naval Base. In November 2014 he was appointed commander of the 11th Submarine Division, based at Zaozyorsk, and concurrently head of the town's garrison. As part of his military service, Varfolomeyev took part in the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and was promoted to rear-admiral on 11 December 2015. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation on 8 December 2017 for "courage and heroism in the performance of military duty", and was presented with his award by President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony on 28 December in the Saint George Hall at the Grand Kremlin Palace.
In 2017 Varfolomeyev's 11th Submarine Division was recognised as the best submarine formation in the Northern Fleet that year, at a meeting of the fleet's military council led by Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. Since September 2018 Varfolomeyev has been a student at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, in the faculty of national security and state defence.
Valery Varfolomeyev