Florida, Sept. 19 -- US Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper has shared an operational assessment detailing security and trade milestones secured by American forces in West Asia.

Cooper delivered these remarks in a video message posted on X, stating that "CENTCOM forces have supported more than one billion barrels of crude oil leaving the Gulf. That's one billion barrels of crude oil out through the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple of months."

He noted that significant milestones have been reached while assisting commercial traffic, stating, "We've reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2,000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection. Clearly, momentum is building. Prima...