 Cooper akashanda kwemakore maviri pa RAF Lyneham kusvika munaKurume 2000, kwaaive nebasa rekutsigira base uye uko vashandi vake vakapa rutsigiro rwekushanda kwekufambisa kwemauto kuenda kuSierra Leone.. Pashure pacho akaiswa paJoint Services Command and Staff College JSCSC paShrivenham, iyo yakatamira ikoko mugore iroro. Cooper akagadzwa Officer of the Order of the British Empire muna 2001 New Year Honours. 