Posted on 03/28/2015 11:51:12 AM PDT by darkwing104
The Army has charged Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and has referred to an Article 32 military preliminary hearing which is the military version of a grand jury. Their job is to determine whether the charges against Bergdahl are sufficient for a court-martial trial or whether they should be dropped altogether. The court proceedings will be held at joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The charges filed against Bergdahl under The Uniform Code of Military Justice are articles 85 and 99.
Article 85 – Desertion
Any member of the armed forces who, without authority, goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently; quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service.
Article 99 – Misbehavior before the enemy
Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy—runs away; shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend; through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property; casts away his arms or ammunition; is guilty of cowardly conduct.
However, due the political nature of the Bergdahl trade
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He will be an E-0 soon enough.
Should be facing execution for treason/desertion.
Yes but presidents pardoning criminals?
Lincoln was pardoning people left and right. And you don’t get pardoned without admitting you are a criminal (even if not convicted, the acceptance of a pardon is de facto admission of guilt.).
True - but deserters in the military at that time were shot.
Oh, I would shoot this clown without more than a second’s thought, and would sleep like a baby.
Maybe he's transgendered too.
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