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Army commander approves no prison time for Bergdahl (American Thinker)
“Bergdahl was reduced in rank from sergeant to private and ordered to forfeit $1,000 a month in pay for 10 months. The judge also gave him a dishonorable discharge.”
WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!
Here is a story from Fox News, November, 2017:
Army to decide if Bergdahl is entitled to $300G back pay (See below after “our comment”)
Our comment:
Apparently, the “punishment” meted out to Sgt./Pvt. (?) Bowe Bergdahl, who, as those who believe everything Barack Obama and Susan Rice say (I’m not one) all know, served with”honor and distinction” is: a “reduction in rank; a dishonorable discharge; and a (‘hefty’) $10,000 fine”!
The Army thus “really came down hard” on a guy who abandoned his post in war time, exposed his fellow soldiers to exceptional danger and probably cost the lives of at least a half dozen of his “band of brothers”.
Bergdahl apparently will now be able to keep “only” $290,000 of his “hard earned” back pay.
And that’s “today’s US Army”? If so, Obama did indeed fundamentally transform this once great nation. It will take a generation of Trumps to undo the damage Obama has done.
God bless America! DLH
Army commander approves no prison time for Bergdahl
Army gen. Robert Abrams, head of U.S. Army Forces Command, has endorsed the decision of the court martial board who decided not to sentence Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl to prison for abandoning his post in time of war.
There were several searches for Bergdahl after he had been captured, including one by Navy SEALs where two were wounded. Six men from his unit died while in Afghanistan, and some of the families are blaming Bergdahl because so much manpower was being used to look for him
The bottom line in this case is that Army command believed that Bergdahl had “suffered enough” after being held for five years by the Taliban and didn’t deserve prison time. But the sentencing of the man convicted of desertion was always a question of public relations and politics, not what might have been best for the military.
Former president Obama and his administration set the tone for treatment of Bergdahl by referring to him as a “hero.” And despite the pleas of families of soldiers who fell looking for him, the Army chose what was politically expedient rather than what was right and just. It just wouldn’t have looked good imprisoning a former POW regardless of his behavior in the face of the enemy.
The “he suffered enough” meme does not take into account the suffering of those who went looking for Bergdahl and suffered wounds. Those loyal, dedicated soldiers still went looking for him even though he was outspoken in his opposition to the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. It still isn’t clear whether he was captured by the Taliban or tried to join them.
The Army ignored all of this, and the court martial board handed down a sentence that would generate the least amount of criticism. Bergdahl will no doubt be popular in certain anti-war circles, given his opposition to our intervention in Afghanistan. Maybe he can make a living on the liberal lecture circuit.
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Here’s the Fox News story:
Army to decide if Bergdahl is entitled to $300G back pay
The State Department marked Bergdahl in as “Missing-Captured” several days after he was captured and the terror group released a video featuring him alive, Military.com reported in 2014.
But Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion in court, complicating whether the army will consider him as a prisoner of war and thus entitled to back pay and compensation.
“My understanding is there has to be an administrative determination of his duty status at each point, from the time he was captured until now,” an army official told the Army Times. “In order to figure out what he’s owed, you’re basically going to have to start from that point of captivity.”
The official told the Times that it is possible Bergdahl will be given only his accumulated basic pay during his five-year captivity.
Bergdahl, however, might not be eligible for the basic back pay and could even owe money to the military. The Army could determine that he should not be paid for the time in captivity or that he was overpaid since his return to the U.S, according to the official who spoke with the Times.
“Based upon the results of trial, the Army is reviewing Sgt. Bergdahl’s pay and allowances,” Lt. Col. Randy Taylor told the Times. “His final pay and allowances will be determined in accordance with DoD policy and Army regulation.
