Bergdahl Given ‘Uncharacterized Discharge’ From Coast Guard Prior To Army Service

WJFK-FM CBS - DC / The Washington Post ^ | June 11, 2014

[txrefugee]

Is the Army so desperate that they let nut jobs like Bergdahl in after they’ve washed out of another branch of service? That is extremely disturbing to those of us who have loved ones in the Army.

[DariusBane]

” “I’m worried. The closer I get to ship day, the calmer the voices are. I’m reverting. I’m getting colder. My feelings are being flushed with the frozen logic and the training, all the unfeeling cold judgment of the darkness,”

Oh dear. Bet he would be a load of fun after 18 hours rolling around in a Humvee.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Bergdahl Was Discharged from the Coast Guard for Psychological Reasons Before He Joined the Army
http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/06/bergdahl-was-discharged-from-the-coast-guard-for-psychological-reasons-before-he-joined-the-army/372582/

[hal ogen]

Great. A brain-damaged freak in addition to being a deserter and a traitor. ...and the fools promoted him to Sgt.

[Blood of Tyrants]

That is what looks like happened. Used to be that if you washed out of boot camp, none of the other branches would touch you.

[molson209]

he also try to join the French Foreign Legion and was told where to go

[Tijeras_Slim]

“I’m worried. The closer I get to ship day, the calmer the voices are. I’m reverting. I’m getting colder. My feelings are being flushed with the frozen logic and the training, all the unfeeling cold judgment of the darkness,”

[2ndDivisionVet]

Don’t forget: He was on track to make Staff Sergeant, E-6 this month.

[nickcarraway]

How can someone who got bounced from Coast Guard in less than a month get into the Army?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Either he fell through the cracks or they were desperate for bodies, or both. I once drove a guy to the MEPS to get sworn-in who’d finally passed the ASVAB with the minimal score after repeated tries.

[DCBryan1]

Meh. Uncharacteristic or general discharge could be for something mundane as "we lost his enlistment paperwork" or "he didn't get a Hep A shot in time", or "he didn't get to basic in time". Most of these discharges are administrative. We saw them all the time in our Infantry BDE for incoming soldiers prior to being MOSQ'd.

Officers whom did not get his college degree finished in time got those. Bumped from 0-2 down to E-6.

[Michael.SF.]

Maybe they mismeasured him and he was only 5’11 1/2” tall?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Or O-4 to E-7. I’ve seen it. One O-3 stupidly mentioned 3 codewords out in the open. Next day I outranked him.

[blueunicorn6]

Bergdahl writes like a reporter for The New York Times.

[Sacajaweau]

That diary sounds a little fishy...much too poetic.

I'm going to see if I can find it coming from a book or something.

[Sacajaweau]

Gay?

[digger48]

Keeper

[Sacajaweau]

http://themilitarywallet.com/types-of-military-discharges/

[CGASMIA68]

26 Days.Sounds like he flunked out of boot camp
What a frigen looser