Army to determine if Bergdahl is owed back pay for his time in captivity

The forfeiture would be of anything from conviction forward. Seeing as he was convicted of desertion, assuming it doesn't get overturned on appeal, I suspect he will end up owing money. If he was a deserter his pay should have stopped as soon as he deserted. As soon as that began his eligibility for promotion should have also stopped which means he should still be a private and should not have been promoted while in Taliban custody resulting in him attaining the rank of sergeant and being paid as one since he was returned to US custody. But that all depends on what the Army decides to do once his appeals are complete. It will probably be another year or two before that is over though as appeals can take just as long as, if not longer than, it took for his case to actually go to trial.

Ahhh fuc... again fill a back pack with trail mix and let him out in the mountains back where he belongs

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. "Bill" Price SrA Christopher Wright MSG Andrew White SFC Stephen King MCPO Roger Collins Sgt Martin Querin SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Steven Thomas SGT Mark Halmrast LCDR (Join to see) SFC Dave Beran SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret HigginsPO2 Peter Klein

This has to be an effing joke! This is why you label one a deserter and not MIA/POW from the beginning.