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Posted on Jun 5, 2018
US Army commander approves Bowe Bergdahl sentence, no prison time
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US Army commander approves Bowe Bergdahl sentence, no prison time
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Bergdahl
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan GWOT Afghanistan Bergdahl UCMJ
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I'm trying but failing to find a respectable way to ask the questions I want to ask without adding expletives (what I call sentence enhancers). Let's see if I have everything correct.
1) He deserts his post.
2) People go looking for him not knowing he deserted.
3) Some of the above mentioned people die.
4) He's captured by enemy forces because of his own stupidity.
5) Manages to stay alive for 5 years, and is rescued.
6) It finally becomes known he deserted.
7) A Courts Martial is convened.
8) He is found guilty.
9) He is not sentenced to jail time because of the political environment.
10) And he might also get back pay for his time in captivity?
1) He deserts his post.
2) People go looking for him not knowing he deserted.
3) Some of the above mentioned people die.
4) He's captured by enemy forces because of his own stupidity.
5) Manages to stay alive for 5 years, and is rescued.
6) It finally becomes known he deserted.
7) A Courts Martial is convened.
8) He is found guilty.
9) He is not sentenced to jail time because of the political environment.
10) And he might also get back pay for his time in captivity?
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Where did it say he's getting back pay? I thought pleading guilty to desertion and a dishonorable discharge took that all away.
I can't find anything more recent than Nov last year that talks about it. I found this:
The Army will use that timeline to determine his pay. Ordinarily, the official said, a soldier who has been marked missing or captured would be entitled to back pay upon return.
But Bergdahl, who has been assigned to a desk job since his return and drawing commensurate pay, may not be considered a prisoner of war after pleading guilty to desertion.
“In order to figure out what he’s owed, you’re basically going to have to start from that point of captivity,” the official said.
In the end, the official added, Bergdahl may be entitled to his accumulated basic pay while in captivity but not the Basic Allowance for Housing, Basic Allowance for Subsistence and per diem given to prisoners.
Or, he added, it may turn out that Bergdahl “owes us,” if it’s determined he should not be paid for his time in captivity, or that he has been overpaid since his return.
It doesn't sound like they've decided yet but he plead guilty to desertion so it seems like that should be a pretty clear "no" to backpay since he wasn't missing. He admitted he deserted.
Either way - he's getting a book and movie deal you know that he will so he'll make money off it even if he doesn't get that back pay.
I can't find anything more recent than Nov last year that talks about it. I found this:
The Army will use that timeline to determine his pay. Ordinarily, the official said, a soldier who has been marked missing or captured would be entitled to back pay upon return.
But Bergdahl, who has been assigned to a desk job since his return and drawing commensurate pay, may not be considered a prisoner of war after pleading guilty to desertion.
“In order to figure out what he’s owed, you’re basically going to have to start from that point of captivity,” the official said.
In the end, the official added, Bergdahl may be entitled to his accumulated basic pay while in captivity but not the Basic Allowance for Housing, Basic Allowance for Subsistence and per diem given to prisoners.
Or, he added, it may turn out that Bergdahl “owes us,” if it’s determined he should not be paid for his time in captivity, or that he has been overpaid since his return.
It doesn't sound like they've decided yet but he plead guilty to desertion so it seems like that should be a pretty clear "no" to backpay since he wasn't missing. He admitted he deserted.
Either way - he's getting a book and movie deal you know that he will so he'll make money off it even if he doesn't get that back pay.
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CW3 Dick McManus
And it is alleged he provide intelligence about the Taliban that was useful to fighting extremist Muslims.
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CW3 Dick McManus
His action was crazy, so maybe stress was a factor in his bad decision. We should never have been in Afghanistan in the first place. Shit happens when we go to UNDECLARED WARS.
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Only upside to all this, is that his name is well known to the civilian population which might hinder his ability to find gainful employment. But then he could find a left leaning lawyer to file a discrimination suit...I take it back, no upside to any of this.
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He doesn't need a job - you know someone will give him a book deal and a movie deal. Guaranteed.
If someone didn't hire him because of this it wouldn't fall under discrimination laws. They'd have to discriminate based on gender, religion, orientation, national origin, race to get a discrimination lawsuit to go anywhere.
If someone didn't hire him because of this it wouldn't fall under discrimination laws. They'd have to discriminate based on gender, religion, orientation, national origin, race to get a discrimination lawsuit to go anywhere.
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