NCMA DC is honored to welcome Rear Admiral Joseph D. “Doug” Noble Jr., Director of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Logistics Operations, as the speaker for our upcoming dinner meeting on Wednesday, September 22. Rear Admiral Noble will be discussing contested logistics in the supply chain. At this time, the Chapter is planning on offering this event as an in-person dinner meeting at the Arts Club of Washington. We recognize that the COVID situation is fluid and it may be necessary to move the meeting online based on public health guidance. In the event this occurs, registrants will be notified of the change in venue and refunded.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rear Admiral Joseph D. “Doug” Noble Jr. became the Director of Logistics Operations and Commander of Joint Regional Combat Support for the DLA in May 2021. Logistics Operations is responsible for end-to-end supply chain management of DLA’s eight supply chains, providing logistics and material process management policy, guidance, oversight, and monitoring supply chain performance. Logistics Operations oversees the daily operation of DLA’s field activities, supporting 2,300 weapon systems and engaging customers around the world to maximize readiness and logistics combat power. Rear Admiral Noble also serves as the Commander, Joint Regional Combat Support, overseeing DLA’s three regional commands providing unified DLA interfaces for warfighters in the U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Europe Command, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command areas of responsibility, plus special operations warfighters serving under U.S. Special Operations Command.
Rear Admiral Noble was selected as the Joint Staff Action Officer of the Year for 2008 and was the Navy League’s Distinguished Graduate from Naval Postgraduate School in 2000. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (five awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards) and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards). He is a qualified Submarine Supply Corps Officer and Naval Aviation Supply Officer. Additionally, he is a Level III Joint Qualified Officer and a member of the Navy Acquisition Professional Community.
Rear Admiral Noble is a 1989 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.