From Trussville Tribune staff reports
Bowe Bergdahl, an army sergeant who recently pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, is due to be sentenced and could face up to life in prison, according to a report by WVTM 13.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is due to be sentenced for desertion on Monday. Photo from Wikipedia.
Bergdahl was also accused of endangering fellow soldiers as search missions resulted in enemy gunfire that wounded several service members. After he left his post during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009, Bergdahl was captured by Taliban forces.
He was held until 2014 when a controversial decision was made by then President Barack Obama to release five Taliban prisoners in exchange for Bergdahl.
Evidence may be brought by prosecutors of Bergdahl’s case that could include testimony by a Navy SEAL who was injured in one of the search missions. He will appear before a judge on Oct. 23 to be sentenced.
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Gordon Murray Garrett
It is way past time !
Tombstone Ted
Another OBAMA goof…. but he knew it would be found out after he was out of office and how the media would not over the story. I was there right after this looser deserted. I was told the truth by soldiers who went looking for him. I know how he left and what he said to his, “Battle buddy” when he walked off into the darkness. I also heard how they knew he had shared US Army combat tactics with the enemy and how it cost soldier’s their lives. This man should be hung in payment for the US lives he help to kill and the families he helped to destroy. I was not a soldier back then but I lived with them as a US Department of State Contractor…. I remember what they told me and how this criminal said he was “gonna be famous.”