Charles Bradford Cooper II is an American admiral who has served as the commander of the United States Central Command since 2025 and has led forces during the 2026 Iran war.
Official portrait, 2025
Midshipman portrait, 1989
Cooper answering questions from local media as the commanding officer of USS Russell, 3 February 2007
Cooper greeting Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the secretary's visit to U.S. forces in Bahrain, 17 December 2023
Admiral is a four-star commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps with the pay grade of O-10. Ad
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…Charles Bradford Cooper II (born 1967) is an American admiral who has served as the commander of the United States Central Command since 2025 and has led forces during the 2026 Iran war. Cooper was born in North…
Admiral Arleigh Burke, the person with the longest tenure as Chief of Naval Operations, in a uniform with the post-1869 sleeve style
Grave of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, with four-star insignia.