Friends claim Bergdahl was discharged from Coast Guard in '06 for psych reasons

FoxNews.com ^ | 6/11/14 | FOXNEWS

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army sergeant captured in Afghanistan and held for nearly five years before being traded for five top Taliban operatives, was discharged from the Coast Guard before he joined the Army, Fox News confirmed.

An Army spokesman did not confirm reports that Bergdahl's discharge was due to psychological reasons or elaborate on the circumstances leading to his ouster in 2006.

"We did confirm that Bergdahl was administratively discharged from the USCG prior to his enlistment to the U.S. Army,” the spokesman said.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Yeah. Something definitely smells, here...

[pfflier]

The Coast Guard IS the military too!!! In times of peace they operate under the Dept of Homeland Security. In times of war they operate as part of the US Navy.

[MeshugeMikey]

how he could have been tossed from any branch of the service and then re enlist in another without a “recommendation” from highly situated “undisclosed sources” escapes me

[dennisw]

If even the Coast Guard won’t take you...you are pretty useless.

[dblshot]

I remember saying good riddance to an FN (E-3) at at a Coast Guard unit where his Lead Petty Officer had marked him too low to reenlist. Low and behold 89 days later he reenlisted at a Coast Guard recruiter an got the shore station he wanted to boot. Turns out the higher ups raised his marks so they wouldn't have to do the required extra paperwork because he was getting out anyway. If it's not documented, it didn't happen and services don't always, heck hardly at all, share all the paperwork. If Bowe’s DD-214 said Admin under honorable conditions I doubt an Army recruiter would get any additional info.

[dennisw]

from yahoo answers>>>

ChristianSOML answered 10 months ago

The U.S Coast Gurd has saved more lives than any other branch, they are also the oldest branch. Turn off your videogames because there is more to life than shooting people, obviously you cant compare them to the army, its like comparing a police officer to a firefighter. You are very immature, no coastie “tries” to act like a soldier, they save lives directly even though they are putting their own lives in danger. Nobody agrees with you kid, not even the soldiers themselves. It is an honor to be in the Coat Guard. By the way kid most people in the military have non combat roles, thats right dont let your video games fool you.

[don-o]

I'm not convinced they were very picky back then.

I have read that a substantial number of recruits required waivers to get in.

[Travis McGee]

Yeah, if he was too much of a misfit to get along in the CG, imagine him in the Army in a combat zone.

[don-o]

His father is a supporter of Sharia Law,

Source for that?

[pabianice]

ROBERTS: How did you get in the Navy? How did you get on our side? You ignorant, arrogant, ambitious...! Keeping men in prison... ...'cause you got a palm tree for the work they did! l don't know which l hate worse, you or that other malignant growth-- How'd you ever get to be commander of a ship? l realize in war time they have to scrape the bottom of the barrel... ...but where'd they ever scrape you up?

MORTON: There's just one thing left for you, Mister. A general court-martial!

ROBERTS: Fine, court-martial me! l'm asking for it! lf l can't get transferred, l'll get court-martialed! l'm fed up! You'll need a witness. Call your messenger. l'll say it over again in front of him. Go on, call him. You want me to call him?

"Mr. Roberts," by Joshua Logan

[SMARTY]

So the military kicked him out and took him back, too.

[pabianice]

Correction: “Mr. Roberts,” by Thomas Heggen

[ThomasMore]

“and laughing at the White Hut over the deal”

The WH is laughing at all of us U.S. citizens over the deal. Obama got exactly what he wanted. A way to empty GITMO.(and get away with it)

[rdcbn]

The meme in the media has been that Bergdahls’ platoon mates were psychologically unstable.

Wouldn't it be rich if it now comes out that Bergdahl himself has been diagnosed with mental illness

[Sarah Barracuda]

I have seen it posted on twitter many times, also he had Google Chat, and had an Al Qaeda spokesperson on his list of contacts..it was mentioned on a thread here a while back

[Nachum]

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/

[don-o]

I see. No source. Just chatter.

[Kackikat]

Makes you wonder who got Bergdahl in the Army, and why? If he left the Coast Guard in 2006, what year did he get in Army?

There is nothing about this case that passes the smell test? Almost like the man elected to the WH.

[Kackikat]

Makes you wonder who got Bergdahl in the Army, and why? If he left the Coast Guard in 2006, what year did he get in Army?

There is nothing about this case that passes the smell test? Almost like the man elected to the WH.

[ansel12]

The Legion is extremely hard to get into.