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RETIREMENTS

Rear Adm. Joseph "Doug" Noble Jr. 

35 YEARS OF SERVICE | JUNE 14, 2024

Noble retired after 35 years of service to the Navy and handed off the role of director of logistics operations to Air Force Maj. Gen. David Sanford.

Noble’s operational assignments include tours as supply officer for USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631 BLUE), USS Charlotte (SSN 766), and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). He has also served as stock control officer onboard USS Independence (CV 62). Additionally, he deployed to Afghanistan as commander of the DLA Support Team – Afghanistan, where he was responsible for all DLA personnel and operations across Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

His shore assignments include: commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon Systems Support (WSS); special assistant for Audit Readiness to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller); assistant business officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Yokosuka, Japan; career counselor and assistant officer community manager, Office of Supply Corps Personnel; customer operations department head, Naval Inventory Control Point Philadelphia; distribution division action officer, Logistics Directorate, Joint Staff (J-4); supply programs and policy branch head, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N412); strategic programs division chief (J351) and executive officer, DLA Headquarters; assistant commander for Supply Operations and Logistics Policy (N3/4), NAVSUP Headquarters;  commanding officer of Navy Supply Corps School in Newport, Rhode Island; and director of logistics operations and commander of joint regional command support, DLA, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.