Capt. Robert D. Stiles
Commander, Task Group 75.5
Naval Construction Forces Forces 7th Fleet
Commander Naval Construction Regiment
Captain Bob Stiles hails from Pierre, South Dakota. He graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering before being commissioned as an Ensign at Officer Candidate School in Pensacola in June 2000. He received a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University.
Stiles’ previous operational tours include an Individual Augmentee assignment with the Army Corps of Engineers in Fallujah, Iraq, prior to reporting to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) ONE THIRTY-THREE in Gulfport, Mississippi. There he served as Company Commander, Detail Officer in Charge, and Training Officer. He then joined the 25th Naval Construction Regiment where he was the Assistant Operations Officer during the Regiment’s deployment to Kandahar under U.S. Forces–Afghanistan, followed by his assignment as Future Operations Officer. He served as the Executive Officer of NMCB ONE, and later returned to Gulfport as Commanding Officer of “The First and The Finest” through two deployments in support of five Geographic Combatant Commanders.
Stiles’ facilities and staff tours include Assistant Public Works Officer at Naval Air Facility, El Centro, California, Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of Construction for the Air Force’s Aviano 2000 Program in Italy, and Assistant Public Works Officer for Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, where he was responsible for Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Manchester Fuel Depot, and Naval Hospital sites. He served as the Civil Engineer Corps Lieutenant Commander Detailer and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Placement Officer at Navy Personnel Command, after which he reported to Director, Shore Readiness Division (OPNAV N46) as the Installation Operations Program Manager. Prior to his latest assignment with NMCB ONE, he was the installation Public Works Officer for U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. Stiles most recently served as Commanding Officer at Officer in Charge of Construction Marine Corps Marianas in July 2022, where he was responsible for executing the $8.7B construction program for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz to support the relocation of Marines from Okinawa, Japan.
Stiles assumed command of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment and Task Group 75.5 in July 2024, where he oversees employment of engineer and logistics forces across the 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.
Stiles is qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer, a registered Professional Engineer in the state of North Carolina, a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps, and is JPME I qualified through Air Command and Staff College. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, various Commendation and Achievement awards.