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Prior to being promoted to Lieutenant General in 2016, Nakasone was deputy commanding general of United States Cyber Command, followed by promotion to Major General and commander of the Cyber National Mission Force at Cyber Command, in a grand ceremony which took place at headquarters of the National Security Agency, on April 29, 2015, being sworn in by Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon.[2][3][15][16][17] Nakasone has twice served as a staff officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was the Director of Intelligence, J2, for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.[2] On October 14, 2016, he took command of the United States Second Army and United States Army Cyber Command.[2][3] Nakasone was also given control of United States Cyber Command's Joint Task Force-ARES, a task-force designed to coordinate electronic counter-terrorist activities against the Islamic State.