I served with a guy who was in Bergdahl's platoon and was there when he wandered off. According to him, he was always off but he was mainly in the category of soldier who would just do their initial contract and get out, the type who would never aspire to anything and would get caught doing dumb shit. I love my infantry brothers, but they aren't known for getting the cream of the crop in terms of intellect for their enlisted ranks and, much like the cav, have a dark sense of humor and a much different mindset. If you have never served, you would not truly understand, and I mean that in the least condescending way.
Bergdahl had issues with his chain of command and made it clear he didn't agree with how things were being run on his deployment. Granted he was only a private back then, so he wasn't always made aware of how grievances could be addressed. One day, he just walked off and the platoon was in chaos. Desertion is huge, especially during that time and a Soldier wandering by themselves in enemy territory is a show stopper echelons above him.
There was an image I'll never forget of a retired Sergeant First Class who was shot in the head on one of several rescue missions to save him. He now has limited physical and mental functioning, and I believe the round is still in his brain. His family, consisting of a wife and several teenage daughters, now have to wipe his ass and care for him like an invalid.
The kid wasn't bright, but he knew what he was doing. Traitor? Most likely not. Coward? Absolutely. The amount of resources put into finding him would be the same regardless of the reason for walking, because we get our troops back no matter what. I just know that if he ends up in Leavenworth with the general population, he will most likely die within the next year.
bone spurs gone unchecked leads to syphilis
And yes, we don't leave soldiers behind for a lot of reasons - but foremost, because there are good soldiers who don't need to have any doubt in their mind that the USA has their back.
Dishonorable discharge and rank reduced to private and needs to pay back $10k worth of pay. No prison time.
I think pres trumps a total disgrace.
Hey you tools saying people got killed looking for him, where's a credible source? The preliminary and discovery found no such evidence and neither have I.
You're tools.
Caught, brought to trial, and executed is the way. I say make an example out of them.
Honestly one of the most psychotic things I've read here
That's a pretty flippant and disrespectful remark to make about the men and women in our military. Why don't you just go ahead and tell all our troops to fuck off while you're at it.
That doesn't make a lot of sense.
Caught, brought to trial, and executed is the way. I say make an example out of them.
yo popperz, sat night here already drunk, I re-read your post like 5 times and still don't get it, are you insinuating Ash was being ironic? cuz i think he's serious. please explain. cheers mate
I didn't even read it and I don't get, that's a pretty aussie response too mate.
cheers cobba
btw do you give a fuck if a dude ran away during a battle and then got imprisoned by the enemy for five years and would you still want him to get executed upon returning to your country
i wonder what Ash thinks of Snowden?
yo popperz, sat night here already drunk, I re-read your post like 5 times and still don't get it, are you insinuating Ash was being ironic? cuz i think he's serious. please explain. cheers mate
Honestly one of the most psychotic things I've read here
Neo Ash didn't seem to get the point.
Charlie responded with two quotes that Donald Trump has actually said to service members and their families and neo ash is like, "dude that is disrespectful"
The first is what he said the the widow of the dead solider from Niger. The second he said about John McCain, saying he likes his war heros not captured. Neo Ash didn't seem to get the point.
Can you get the point of go fuck yourself?
No. You simple fuck. I'm trying to be respectful to you, despite your social intellectual deficiencies. I recognize you're quite intelligent, but only about spergy things.
Come at me!
I'm not going to play this silly back and forth bullshit game with you.
Charlie responded with two quotes that Donald Trump has actually said to service members and their families and neo ash is like, "dude that is disrespectful"
The first is what he said the the widow of the dead solider from Niger. The second he said about John McCain, saying he likes his war heros not captured. Neo Ash didn't seem to get the point.
lolololol.
I was initially going to respond to his post with a whoosh but it's too late now.
for whatever reason.