The Army general who led the investigation into the disappearance of Sgt.
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Instead, Dahl said, Bergdahl wanted to call attention to what he considered poor leadership of his unit. Bergdahl did exercise his right to silence at the start of the interview, Dahl said.
The testimony was elicited by Bergdahl’s defence during the second day of a preliminary hearing aimed at determining whether the soldier should face trial on desertion charges.
If Bergdahl is tried and convicted of the misbehavior before the enemy charge, he could get life in prison. She also says Bergdahl placed his fellow soldiers in grave danger during the exhaustive 45-day Operation Yukon Discovery. Dahl said Begdahl’s five years of captivity with the Taliban were the worst a US prisoner of war has suffered in 60 years. General Dahl also said that Sergeant Bergdahl had shown remorse about how his decision to leave his base could have endangered others in his platoon.
During Bergdahl’s time in Afghanistan, he grew frustrated that he didn’t have a larger role, Dahl testified.
“He has unrealistically idealistic standards and expectations of other people”, Dahl said.
A massive search by U.S. forces for Bergdahl lasted 45 days, covering vast and hard terrain.
He concluded his statements by saying he doesn’t think Bergdahl should serve time in jail.
He left at night and planned to run 19 miles (31 km) to a command post, believing that reports of him missing would help him win an audience with a general when he arrived, Dahl said. Russell debriefed Bergdahl. He was swapped for five Taliban detainees in 2014 and brought home as a hero, but the narrative quickly changed, with questions about Bergdahl’s loyalty and the wisdom of letting the so-called Taliban Five free. Silvino Silvino, said some of the thousands of soldiers who took part in the search were angry about it because they felt Bergdahl had deserted.
“I didn’t really know what to say”.
“I was in shock, ma’am, in utter disbelief that I couldn’t find one of my men”, Billings told the Army’s main attorney, Maj. He said Bergdahl’s plans fell apart after he was captured by members of the Taliban who were operating in the region.
One child beat him repeatedly with a chain, and they tripped a blindfolded Bergdahl on the way to the bathroom and spit in his food.
The exchange was met with fierce criticism from those who fought alongside Bergdahl in Afghanistan.
Bergdahl has been stationed at the San Antonio post since returning to the United States. Bergdahl and the risks it posed for soldiers.
A court-martial would put the White House in a precarious situation. Greg Leatherman, testified that before Bergdahl disappeared, he expressed concern to his first sergeant that Bergdahl didn’t seem to be adjusting well to their deployment and that he thought Bergdahl should speak to someone such as a chaplain.
“We still get an American soldier back if he’s held in captivity”.
Officials allege in June 30, 2009 Bergdahl intentionally walked off his outpost in eastern Afghanistan eventually ending up in extremists’ hands.
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The Army officer who conducted the investigation into Sgt.
