The sad part is the current pathetic excuse for a Commander-in-Chief known as Barack Obama knew all of this and yet he still swapped the five top Taliban commanders in Gitmo for Bergdahl.
Via WMBF:
The commanders of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon, company and battalion testified Thursday that his disappearance from his post in Afghanistan six years ago put a strain on their forces and put his fellow soldiers in danger.
Attorneys for Bergdahl, who is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, will get to present their own evidence and call witnesses on Friday on the second day of the hearing to determine if Bergdahl should face a court-martial. His lead attorney, Eugene Fidell, said after Thursday’s proceedings that he would call four witnesses, though he declined to say if Bergdahl would be one of them.
Military prosecutors focused on trying to substantiate the misbehavior charge, which carries a possible life sentence and which would require them to prove that Bergdahl’s actions put other soldiers in harm’s way.
Capt. John Billings, who led Bergdahl’s platoon, described the 45-day search for the Idaho native as grueling, saying soldiers got little food or sleep and endured temperatures in the high-90s.
“Physically, mentally I was defeated,” Billings said, adding that he felt like he had “failed” his men.
His company commander, Maj. Silvino Silvino, said some of the thousands of soldiers who took part in the search were angry about it because they felt Bergdahl had deserted.[…]
Before disappearing, Bergdahl had expressed opposition to the war in general and misgivings about his own role in it. Military prosecutor Maj. Margaret Kurz said Thursday that Bergdahl had actually been planning for weeks to abandon the post and had emailed friends and family about his plans beforehand.
“Under the cover of darkness, he snuck off the post,” Kurz told the courtroom.