The U.S. Navy admiral currently under scrutiny for his role in carrying out deadly drone strikes on foreign nationals in international waters is a native of Schleicher County and graduate of Eldorado High School.
Admiral Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley has served the United States Special Operations Command since October 3, 2025, after commanding a Joint Special Operations Task Force since August of 2022.
According to his official biography, after graduation in 1987, Bradley received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he studied physics and was a varsity gymnast. He received his commission in 1991.
Bradley was selected for SEAL training and graduated from Basic Under Water Demolitions/SEAL training (BUD/S) with class 179 in 1992.
Bradley received a Master of Science degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in 2005. His master’s thesis was entitled “Transport Imaging For The Study Of Quantum Scattering Phenomena In Next Generation Semiconductor Devices.”
