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Admiral Brad Cooper
Charles Bradford 'Brad' Cooper II — four-star US Navy admiral commanding CENTCOM, directing Operation EPIC FURY against Iran.
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#180 30 Sept
Told the departing force that Islamic State no longer poses a systemic threat to Iraq
Iran Conflict 2026: US flies its last troops out of Erbil#180 30 Sept
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#177 7 Sept
Mentioned in: CENTCOM disables five Iranian oil tankers
Iran Conflict 2026#176 4 Sept
Named the tanker-for-tanker exchange rate
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM disables two Iranian tankers, destroys a third#175 1 Sept
Mentioned in: Iran says the swept lanes are mined
Iran Conflict 2026#175 27 Aug
Announced Navy mine clearance in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026: Navy says it cleared two Hormuz lanes#156 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Two Americans killed at Jordan air base
Iran Conflict 2026#144 1 Jul
Convened the Bahrain security dialogue as CENTCOM commander
Iran Conflict 2026: Syria, Lebanon join US defence table#144 30 Jun
“Convened 12-nation regional security dialogue in Bahrain”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#141 26 Jun
Mentioned in: US strikes Iran's minelayers in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#102 19 May
CENTCOM logs 70 Hormuz vessel redirections
Iran Conflict 2026#101 18 May
Mentioned in: France pledges 80 per cent frigate readiness
Iran Conflict 2026#101 17 May
Told a forum on 14 May that CENTCOM had eliminated 90 per cent of Iran's naval mine inventory
Iran Conflict 2026: Italy deploys minesweepers to Hormuz coalition#99 14 May
Mentioned in: Elbit wins $34m F-35I range extension
Iran Conflict 2026#99 14 May
Claimed US forces eliminated roughly 90 per cent of Iran's naval mine inventory
Iran Conflict 2026: Cooper: 90% of Iran's mines cleared#88 4 May
Commanded Project Freedom launch under standing CENTCOM authority
Iran Conflict 2026: Project Freedom enters Hormuz on 4 May#88 3 May
CENTCOM blockade tally hits 48 vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#87 2 May
Mentioned in: IRGC declares standby, quantifies surviving fleet
Iran Conflict 2026#85 30 Apr
Provided the first public economic figure for the blockade — 44 vessels and 69 million barrels redirected
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM blockade hits 44 vessels, 69m barrels#76 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Seven VLCCs at Chabahar, three at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#70 15 Apr
Claimed 100 per cent halt of Iran sea trade on 15 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran tanker tests Cooper blockade claim#69 15 Apr
Declared blockade had completely halted Iranian seaborne trade in under a day and a half
Iran Conflict 2026: Cooper claims halt; Kpler counts 8#71 15 Apr
Claimed US forces had 'completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea'
Iran Conflict 2026: Windward data dismantles Cooper's halt claim#53 31 Mar
Mentioned in: Bunker-busters hit Isfahan depots
Iran Conflict 2026#49 27 Mar
Mentioned in: CENTCOM says US has struck 10,000 Iran targets
Iran Conflict 2026#47 25 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran resumes fire after 11-hour pause
Iran Conflict 2026#46 23 Mar
Assessed Iranian missile degradation
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM: 9,000 targets, 140 ships in 25d#46 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Israel strikes Tehran at record scale
Iran Conflict 2026#44 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: open Hormuz in 48h or face war
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
CENTCOM: 8,000 targets, 130 ships in 22d
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
A-10s and Apaches hunt Hormuz fast boats
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC Aerospace HQ struck in Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump calls war 'a little excursion'
Iran Conflict 2026#25 7 Mar
Reported 109 drones and 9 ballistic missiles as a UAE single-day record
Iran Conflict 2026: 109 drones, 9 missiles: record UAE day#25 6 Mar
Confirmed 3,000+ targets struck and 43 Iranian vessels destroyed
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM: 43 ships sunk, 3,000 targets#23 6 Mar
Confirmed Iranian ballistic missile attacks down 90% from Day 1
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran's missiles down 90% from Day 1#23 6 Mar
Confirmed US destruction of a second Iranian drone carrier on Tuesday
Iran Conflict 2026: US destroys second Iranian drone carrier#23 6 Mar
Weighed repositioning Patriot and THAAD from South Korea to Middle East
Iran Conflict 2026: Pentagon eyes Korea missile shields#24 6 Mar
Confirmed CENTCOM strikes on Iran's space and satellite command
Iran Conflict 2026: US destroys Iran's satellite targeting#23 6 Mar
B-2s hit Iran's buried missile launchers
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar