The Senate Armed Forces Committee receives testimony during a nomination hearing in Washington, July 22, 2025, from Navy Vice Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who is being considered for promotion to admiral and commander of U.S. Special Operations Command; and Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, who is being considered for promotion to general and commander of U.S. Africa Command.
Admiral Frank M. Bradley is a U.S. Navy SEAL Officer. Originally from Eldorado, Texas, ADM Bradley is a 1991 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he studied physics and was a varsity gymnast. He began his career as a SEAL after completing Basic Underwater Demolition school (BUDs/SEAL) Class 179 in 1992.
He has commanded at all levels of special operations, including Joint Special Operations Command, Special Operations Command Central, and Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He has multiple tours in command of joint task forces and was among the first to deploy into Afghanistan following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Additionally, he has served with SEAL Team FOUR, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team TWO, and the Italian Incursori (Italian SEALs) as an international exchange officer.
Admiral Bradley earned a Masters in Physics from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he received a provisional patent for his research in 2006.
His staff duty has included service as the Assistant Commander, Joint Special Operations Command as well as the J-3 Technical Operations Division Chief and the Deputy J-3; the Vice Deputy Director for Global Operations for the Joint Staff J-3; the Executive Officer for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.; and the Deputy Director for CT Strategy for the Joint Staff J-5
United States Navy. (2025). Admiral Frank M. Bradley. https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-....
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Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson is the seventh Commander of U.S. Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. As Commander, he is charged with leading one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s seven geographic combatant commands in ensuring the responsibility of U.S. military operations and activities to protect and advance U.S. national interests in Africa.
Before taking command of AFRICOM, Gen. Anderson served as the Director for Joint Force Development, Joint Staff, at the Pentagon. In that role, he was responsible for envisioning and developing the future joint force and advocating for the future warfighter.
A native of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Gen. Anderson earned his commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Washington University in St. Louis.
As a command pilot with more than 3,400 flight hours, including 738 combat hours, Gen. Anderson has flown 16 different aircraft throughout his career. Notably, he has flown the KC-135R, MC-130E, and U-28A operationally in several global contingencies.
His previous staff and joint assignments include serving as the Vice Director of Operations on the Joint Staff; Commander of Special Operations Command-Africa; Deputy Director for Operations at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Headquarters; Special Assistant to the Commander and Director of the Commander’s Strategic Initiative Group for United Nations Command-Combined Forces Command-U.S. Forces Korea; Senior Aviation Advisor for Counter-Terrorism Operations for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict; and Deputy Director of the Commander’s Action Group for United States Special Operations Command.
He has commanded at five different echelons to include commanding JTF-Quartz, a joint task force directed with the responsibility for overseeing the repositioning of U.S. forces from Somalia.
Gen. Anderson’s military academic honors include being a Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and an Olmsted Scholar at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,400 (738 combat)
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135R/T, C-130E, MC-130E/H/P/J, HC-130P/N/J, AC-130U, UH-1N, TH-1, HH- 60, Mi-17, MH-6, MV-22, CV-22, PC-12 and U-28A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with silver and bronze oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
United States Air Force. (2025). Dagvin R.M. Anderson. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographi...
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