Major General Roger Noble AO DSC CSC

Master of International Public Policy

Military, International policy

Johns Hopkins

United States of America

Political Science, Defence

Roger was the first member of the Australian military to receive a John Monash Scholarship. Roger completed his Masters of International Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, USA in 2009; his focus was on strategy in conflict management. Roger enlisted in the Army in 1984 and began military life as a staff cadet at the Royal Military College. From 1989 to 2004, he served in a variety of regimental appointments in cavalry, APC and tank units. In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and appointed Director of Studies at the Australian Command and Staff College. After his studies, in 2010, he was promoted to Brigadier and completed appointments as Commander 3rd Brigade, Director Special Operations Capability in Special Operations Command, and Director General Land Development, Capability Development Group. He was promoted to Major General in November 2016 and deployed with the US 101st Airborne Division as Deputy Coalition Land Force Commander, Iraq. In this role he was effectively second-in-command in the international fight against IS in Iraq. He was posted as Deputy Commanding General-North in the US Army Pacific from 2017-2019. He retired from the Australian Army and was appointed Australian Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism on 18 February 2021.