Bowe Bergdahl enters no plea during hearing

On the night of June 30, 2009, Bergdahl, walked away from the remote combat outpost where his platoon was stationed in Afghanistan. Captured soon after, he was held for five years by a group affiliated with the Taliban before he returned to the U.S.as part of a controversial prisoner swap in May 2014.

Troubled Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, often wondered if he was going to be killed by his captors, he revealed in the latest episode of ” Serial”.

If convicted at a general court-martial, Bergdahl could get up to five years for desertion and life in prison on the misbehavior charge.

Wearing a formal Army dress uniform, Bergdahl quietly conferred with Rosenblatt before and after the hearing.

Bergdahl, 29, was arraigned during a short hearing on Tuesday.

“These are people who are able to sort out the difference between extremely aggravated offenses and offenses committed by people who just make really stupid decisions”, Corn said.

Corn said he would not be surprised if a panel decides Bergdahl should not go to prison for his alleged military crimes.

Bergdahl attorney Eugene Fidell has said the Army did not follow the advice of a preliminary hearing officer in choosing to pursue a general court-martial.

Major General Kenneth Dahl recommended the soldier’s case be moved to a special misdemeanour-level military court. Legal databases and media accounts turn up only a few misbehavior cases since 2001, when fighting began in Afghanistan, followed by Iraq less than two years later.

Bergdahl’s story is the focus of this season of the popular podcast, “Serial”.

Bergdahl told Boal his original plan was to trek to another military base to draw attention to what he called a failure in leadership in his unit. King said the judge scheduled the next hearing for January 12. And he wanted to prove himself as a real-life action hero, like someone out of a movie. You know, I could be, you know, what… It was left up in the air for several months if he would be tried in a misdemeanor court, but last week officials determined he would be tried in a general court-martial.

He said trying the case will “determine once and for all if Bowe Bergdahl is a hero or a deserter”.