General Dahl in Wonderland: no jail for Bergdahl ‘appropriate’

“I do not believe there is a jail sentence at the end of this procedure”, Dahl said.

Bergdahl is now facing a military tribunal to determine whether he should undergo a court-martial for desertion. If he’s tried and convicted of the misbehavior charge, he could get life in prison.

A major general in charge of investigating the case of Sgt. They now live in Qatar. Dahl said Bergdahl’s concerns were unfounded and that he doesn’t think Bergdahl should go to prison.

Dahl interviewed Bergdahl in August 2014, compiling a 371-page transcript of their conversation, according to the Post, concluding that Bergdahl was “very bright and very well read”.

The Article 32 hearing for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl wrapped up Friday. Bergdahl “very bright and very well-read” and fascinated by samurai warrior culture. An Afghan doctor visited Bergdahl, giving him antibiotics and telling his captors they needed to start feeding him more. Despite being a low-ranking enlisted soldier, the sergeant thought that he should have a larger role in targeting the Taliban. On June 29, 2009, he was so frustrated with his platoon’s leadership that he planned to run 31 kilometers across the rural, hilly desert to get the attention of a general officer. Bowe Bergdahl will be court-martialed, Friday, September 18, 2015, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was shuttled between a number of insurgents that first day on motorcycles and in vehicles, while US soldiers frantically searched for him. Hatch said that sooner or later someone would be hurt or killed trying to rescue Bergdahl.

The last witness from the Bergdhahl defense team was Terrence Russell, a civilian who works for the Department of Defense Joint Personnel Recovery Agency. Bergdahl.

When asked what in Bergdahl’s background might have caused his behavior in the military, Dahl said that the combination of growing up in rural Idaho on the “edge of the grid … being home-schooled” and the fact that he “internalized a lot of what he read” resulted in him having “idealistic and unrealistic expectations of people”.

During Bergdahl’s time in Afghanistan, he grew frustrated that he didn’t have a larger role, Dahl testified.

Bergdahl, dressed in his Army service uniform with his hair in a crew cut, elected not to testify.

Investigators testified Bergdahl’s captivity was the worst any American had endured since the Vietnam War.

The injuries sustained were both physical and mental, the court heard. Curtis Aberle, a family nurse practitioner and case manager for Sgt. The detail is important in Sgt. During one of his escapes attempts, Bergdahl spent eight days wandering through Afghanistan, eating grass to survive and armed with just a water bottle. “Period. Full stop. We don’t condition that”, he said at the time.