On several occasions, flying when he had the drink taken, he was lost. Over the Chesapeake. He actually on one occasion, landed at at a small airport to ASK DIRECTIONS! He was notorious; a slovenly drunkard, a bar fighter and whorehound but he did have one thing in common with Bergdahl: he was often AWOL.
Several admirals in the family got him through flight school over the objections of his instructors, and kept him out of trouble for the sake of the memory of Dear Olde Dad, a bit of a WWII hero who died a day after VJ Day.
The documented drinking binges he and Hillary have had are freaking hilarious.
I wish I had a link or two. But they’re out there.
That was his grandfather who died shortly after V-J day. His father was CinCPac during the Vietnam war. It’s confusing since they are all John Sydney McCain’s.