Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald Trump nominated four military leaders for key positions.
According to statements released by the Department of Defense, Navy Vice Adm. Frank Bradley, Navy Vice Adm. Charles Cooper II, Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin Anderson and Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich received nominations.
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Frank Bradley
Bradley is nominated for appointment to the grade of admiral. If confirmed, he will be assigned as commander of the Special Operations Command, or USSOCOM, at the MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. He is currently the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, commander at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Navy SEAL officer previously served as commander of the Special Operations Command Central and the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He was also part of SEAL Team Four and the SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team TWO. He also served with the Italian Incursori as an international exchange officer.
Charles Bradford Cooper
Cooper was also nominated for appointment to the grade of admiral, with the assignment of commander of the Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base. He is currently the deputy commander of the Central Command. The career surface warfare officer previously served as commander of the Naval Forces Central Command, the Naval Surface Force Atlantic, the Expeditionary Strike Group 7 and the Naval Forces Korea. He was the Navy chief of legislative affairs and director of surface warfare officer assignments.
Dagvin Anderson
Anderson is nominated to the grade of general and will be the designated commander of the Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany. He serves as director of Joint Force Development, or J7, Joint Staff at the Pentagon. His former assignments include vice director for operations at the Joint Staff, commander of Special Operations Command-Africa and deputy director for operations of the Indo-Pacific Command.
Alexus Grynkewich
Grynkewich, currently the director of operations, J-3, Joint Staff at the Pentagon. He is nominated for appointment to the grade of general. If confirmed, he will be assigned as the supreme Allied commander of Europe, an appointment the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, agreed with. In addition, Grynkewich will serve as commander of the European Command. He previously served as commander of the 9th Air Force and the Combined Forces Air Component of the Central Command.
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