US Soldier captured in Afghanistan

[Wyatt]

Hopefully he gets charged with desertion. I doubt there were many similarities between himself and Col Rowe during his time as a pow

[jcustis]

Perhaps a reminder is in order.

Bergdahl is a grown adult male. He isn't a dependent of his parents. That stopped years ago when he raised his right hand and stated an oath.

Bergdahl's parents are his next of kin and really nothing more, in the strict sense of many things military, like the UCMJ, dependency regulations, etc.

It for sure can be easy to look at this and go, "Wow, why haven't his parents been linked up with him...why isn't he home...why...?"

The US military does its best to support the next of kin in cases of injury and death, and yes, POW cases. Bergdahl's case is not black and white, and so until the Army gets its run at Bergdahl to determine what happened, his parents can damn wait.

[JMA]

Another blast from the past...

Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 is back in US custody

A Marine who was declared a deserter nearly 10 years ago after disappearing in Iraq and then returning to the U.S. claiming he had been kidnapped, only to disappear again, is back in U.S. custody, officials said Sunday.

[carl]

Perhaps a reminder is in order.

Bergdahl is a grown adult male. He isn't a dependent of his parents. That stopped years ago when he raised his right hand and stated an oath.

Bergdahl's parents are his next of kin and really nothing more, in the strict sense of many things military, like the UCMJ, dependency regulations, etc.

It for sure can be easy to look at this and go, "Wow, why haven't his parents been linked up with him...why isn't he home...why...?"

The US military does its best to support the next of kin in cases of injury and death, and yes, POW cases. Bergdahl's case is not black and white, and so until the Army gets its run at Bergdahl to determine what happened, his parents can damn wait.

That could all be true, but in my view it falls into the category of leaning over backwards, carnival sideshow backwards, to find a not suspicious explanation to what has gone on. It just isn't normal that a 25 year old gone from home for 5 years under very stressful circumstances doesn't want to contact his relations. And given our media culture, it just isn't normal that he has spoken to nobody outside the Army at all as far as I know. So given all this, and given the Tillman and Lynch cases, I figure the Army is playing games.

[WGEwald]

http://nypost.com/2014/07/10/captivi...nder-surfaces/

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years, is seen in a new image mugging for a picture with a jolly jihadi who #has his arm resting casually on Bergdahl’s shoulder.