Posted November 3, 2017 4:45 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Many of us veterans don’t like speaking ill of others who served. While we all know that there were people who were grade “A” screw-ups that we served with (or were), we tend not to bash them. However, there are always exceptions.

A prime exception is Bowie Bergdahl, who recently plead guilty to desertion. Now he’s been sentenced, and…well, you’ll see.

Bowe Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge from the US Army but will avoid prison time for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after abandoning his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, a military judge ruled Friday.

The judge also ruled that Bergdahl’s rank be reduced from sergeant to private. Additionally, he will be required to pay a $1,000 fine from his salary for the next 10 months.

“Sgt. Bergdahl has looked forward to today for a long time,” Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl’s civilian attorney, said at a news conference after the sentence was announced.

“As everyone knows he was a captive of the Taliban for nearly five years, and three more years have elapsed while the legal process unfolded. He has lost nearly a decade of his life.”

The sentence is effective immediately, except for the dishonorable discharge, which Bergdahl is appealing, according to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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