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Frank Mitchell Bradley is a United States Navy admiral who currently serves as commander of the United States Special Operations Command since October 3, 2025, and previously served as commander of Joint Special Operations Command from August 10, 2022 to September 26, 2025. A native of Eldorado, Texas, he is a 1991 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he studied physics and was a varsity gymnast, and holds a Master of Science degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School earned in 2005. A Navy SEAL officer with extensive operational experience including deployments to Afghanistan following 9/11 and multiple leadership positions at SEAL Team Six from 1999 to 2015, he has received numerous military awards and has four children.