Michael K. Nagata
Michael K. Nagata is a U.S. Army officer and Major General. The New York Times reported in October 2015 that he is expected to be promoted to Lieutenant General and assigned to the National Counterterrorism Center.[1]
Career
From June 2013 to October 2015 Nagata commanded the Special Operations Command Central.[2][3] In the 1990s, Nagata joined the Field Operations Group AKA Intel Support Activity AKA "The Activity" AKA Task Force Orange and would later command the unit as a Colonel in 2005 for three years. As journalist Sean Naylor explains, the Task Force was "Formed in 1980 as the Field Operations Group, before becoming the Intelligence Support Activity and later (as listed on Nagata’s unclassified Army résumé) the U.S. Army Office of Military Support, the unit is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and conducts signals and human intelligence." [4] In 1993, Nagata was "the CIA chief of station’s right-hand man" according to Jerry Boykin (former commander of Delta Force) in Somalia, "functioning as the liaison between the chief of station in Mogadishu and Task Force Ranger, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) task force given the mission to hunt down the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid."[5]
Personal life
Nagata and his wife Barbara have five children. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Frances and William Nagata, both from Honolulu, Hawaii. His father is a retired military intelligence colonel and was stationed in Virginia at the time of Michael's birth.[6] [7]
References
- ^ "Report: Commander of Syrian rebel training program to step down". Military Times. October 20, 2015.
- ^ Special Operations Command Central welcomes new commander
- ^ Eric Schmitt In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology nytimes.com DEC. 28, 2014
- ^ Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State
- ^ Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State
- ^ Wade Ishimoto: Michael K. Nagata Promoted to Major General - Japanese American Veterans Association October 2012, Volume 62, Issue 9 via Nisei Veterans Committee Newsletter
- ^ Nagata tapped to lead U.S. Central Command special ops - Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 2013-01-22
External links
- SEÁN D. NAYLOR: Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State - Foreign Policy, 2015-05-01
