Michael K. Nagata retired from the US Army in 2019 after 38 years of Active Duty, with 34 years in US Special Operations. His final position was Director of Strategy for the National Counterterrorism Center from 2016 to 2019.
After graduating from the National War College in 2003, he served for 2 years in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. From 2005 to 2008, as a Special Mission Unit commander, he led multiple Joint SOF task forces across more than a dozen countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Bend, OR – A Bend police officer is under investigation after a keychain he was carrying on duty on Saturday offended someone.
A picture of Bend Police Corporal Josh Spano on duty on May 1 was posted to social media and showed a keychain with the phrase “molon labe” sticking out of the pocket of his tactical vest, The Bulletin reported.
The phrase is Greek for “come and take them.”
It references an exchange the night before the Battle of Thermopylae when Persian King Xerxes ordered the Spartans to hand over their weapons and King Leonidas replied “molon labe.”
It is a popular military slogan used as a motto by the U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).
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Responsible for planning special operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, SOCCENT stirred confusion on Saturday after sharing a tweet that included the words “Afghanistan” and “Islamic State” in quotations. Advertisement Hide
SOCCENT later deleted the tweet and released a statement blaming the incident on a hacker.
“In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit’s official account and tweeted a misleading message,” @USSOCCENT tweeted. “We apologize for any confusion or insensitive content.”
In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit’s official account and tweeted a misleading message. We apologize for any confusion or insensitive content. US Special Operations Command Central (@USSOCCENT) April 25, 2021
No, SOCCENT Twitter wasn’t hacked as the command initially said A screen grab showing the SOCCENT Twitter page compromised. (Twitter). Special Operations Command Central now says a curious tweet on its official account was not a hack, as it initially reported on social media. U.S. Special Operations Command Central “acknowledges a misleading post to our official Twitter account on April 24, 2021,” Army Maj. Tony Hoefler, a SOCCENT spokesman, told Military Times. “The post contained three words, “Afghanistan” “Islamic State,” in quotation marks. After review, it was determined our Twitter account was not hacked and a social media administrator inadvertently tweeted the words while conducting a search for current topical events.”
Special Operations Command Blames Hacker for Tweet About Islamic State, Afghanistan
U.S. soldiers overlook the eastern region of Afghanistan during Operation Sentinel Freedom from a UH-60 BlackHawk on Nov. 30, 2019. (Spc. Jeffery Harris/U.S. Army Reserve)
26 Apr 2021
U.S. Special Operations Command Central says a hacker was responsible for a misleading message posted to its Twitter account over the weekend.
The now-deleted tweet contained only the words Afghanistan and Islamic State in quotation marks, according to screenshots shared on the social media platform. In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit s official account and tweeted a misleading message, the Tampa, Fla.-based command tweeted on Saturday evening. We apologize for any confusion or insensitive content.