Posted on 06/08/2014 2:14:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was promoted while held prisoner by the Taliban, said he wants to be recognized by his old rank, according to a senior U.S. official.
"In his mind, he's a Pfc," the official told CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr on Sunday.
Now in the beginning of the lengthy road to reintegration after his exchange for five Taliban commanders previously held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, Bergdahl is letting those around him know he still feels like a Pfc, regardless of his in-absentia promotion. The U.S. official could not confirm to CNN whether Bergdahl has resumed wearing his uniform but added that doing so is part of the standard reintegration process.
The Pentagon issued a brief statement Sunday, declining to comment on Bergdahl's recovery process beyond saying the Defense Department continues to evaluate Bergdahl, provide him with medical and reintegration care and remains intent on conducting a comprehensive review of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
"Our focus remains on providing him with the care he needs," Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement.
The few details emerging around the soldier's recovery after his five years in captivity are a prelude to what's shaping up to be a week defined by confrontation over President Barack Obama and his administration's move to exchange Bergdahl for five Taliban hardliners previously determined too high a risk to release....
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“I’ve sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn’t want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.”
Depends on who you were. For some, it was referred to in less than glowing terms. You knew what I meant.
I haven't gotten more respectful since I've been out.
And no, I was an upright/uptight (mostly) airman during my first enlistment.
During my second (after 9/11) I was somewhat less so.
I was much more effective my second rodeo, though.
/johnny
Yeah...anyway, back to making E-5 in 3-4 years. There is no Below the Zone to E-5.
No, four striper, not four stripper. Four stripper describes a club I used to visit in Des Moines.
There was an E-4 Sgt the first time I was in. Now it's SrA to SSgt, and Sgt doesn't exist.
Lots of stuff has changed.
/johnny
The guy will eventually commit suicide.
He has messed up every way possible. Deserter, captive, taliban bitch, obastard accomplice, screwed up family. You name it, he has messed it up.
How about calling him: “Prisoner 4735212”?
Or Loretta!
Bergdahl ping.
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I don’t know...I made E5 in 3-4 years, and thought I was pretty average. But that was back in the seventies, maybe things are different now.
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Not competent to stand trial, general administrative discharge as pfc his enlistment ended years ago.
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