Michael K. Nagata

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Nagata in Pakistan, 2010.

Michael K. Nagata is a U.S. Army officer and Lieutenant General.[1]

Early Career

He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1982 and served as a infantry platoon leader. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course and commanded a unit of the 1st Special Forces Group where he gained a "reputation for coolness under pressure, and for a wry sense of humor."[2]

In the decision that shaped his career, Nagata volunteered and was selected for the Field Operations Group, nicknamed "The Activity", an ultra secret unit conducts signal and human intelligence. (He would later command the unit as a Colonel from 2005 to 2008).[2]

In 1993 while deployed on his first tour with The Activity, 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."[2]

Special Operations Command

From June 2013 to October 2015 Nagata commanded the Special Operations Command Central.[3][4]

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.[5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED (NON-CIVILIAN) — PN1181". United States Senate. July 13, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State". Foreign Policy. May 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Special Operations Command Central welcomes new commander
  4. ↑ Eric Schmitt In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology nytimes.com DEC. 28, 2014
  5. ↑ Wade Ishimoto: Michael K. Nagata Promoted to Major General - Japanese American Veterans Association October 2012, Volume 62, Issue 9 via Nisei Veterans Committee Newsletter
  6. ↑ Nagata tapped to lead U.S. Central Command special ops - Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 2013-01-22

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