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Friends claim Bergdahl was discharged from Coast Guard in '06 for psych reasons
FoxNews.com ^ | 6/11/14 | FOXNEWS

Posted on 06/11/2014 10:31:35 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlhealth; bergdahlmentalhealth; coastguard; psych
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To: petitfour

I used to hear the Coast Guard required applicants to be over 6’ tall so if the boat sank they could walk to shore.


41 posted on 06/11/2014 11:31:21 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: Sarah Barracuda
His father is a supporter of Sharia Law,

How can that possibly be true?!? The Presstitutes insist that the family are staunch Calvinists!

Presstitutes wouldn't lie to the public, would they?

42 posted on 06/11/2014 11:31:30 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: xzins

“It is uncommon for the US Army to take anyone that has been kicked out of another service”

Actually, I was disappointed when we started getting Marine rejects in the Army (mid 1990’s). Essentially the Marines had a big house cleaning after the first Gulf War (up or out)...and the Army started taking then.

We got two of them - very similar: initially very impressive, but then cracks in the façade started to show, and they turned out to be a mistake.


43 posted on 06/11/2014 11:32:51 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: SMARTY

Just short snippets of him seem to me that he has some sort of developmental disorder. He seems very childlike.


44 posted on 06/11/2014 11:33:25 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: ansel12

I didn’t know that. I guess Hollywood fooled me into thinking they took anyone.


45 posted on 06/11/2014 11:37:14 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: don-o
I see. No source. Just chatter.

The quote in this source is subject to interpretation, but I believe it is one of the sources people are referring to when cite his support for Sharia.

@daqeqa Agree! "Democracy" is a cult in the West. I think most of afgs see law in terms of sharia not secular democracy, man centric laws.

In that quote, he doesn't necessarily proclaim support for Sharia, but he does condemn democracy as a "cult" and that sharia is not a collection of "man-centric laws"
46 posted on 06/11/2014 11:38:34 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: mmichaels1970

Thanks


47 posted on 06/11/2014 11:43:20 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Chatter..yes, but the google chat info is confirmed..saw it posted here will find the thread


48 posted on 06/11/2014 11:47:14 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: don-o

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3165060/posts


49 posted on 06/11/2014 11:47:52 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

ty


50 posted on 06/11/2014 11:51:24 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Your welcome


51 posted on 06/11/2014 11:52:26 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: All

I am disappointed/disgusted at the ignorance of the United States Coast Guard on this thread.

Our Coast Guard fights during war time and protects everyone in this country ALL the time.

I proudly served as a Coastie in the late eighties and my husband is a retired Chief.

I am actually more proud of the CG knowing they kicked the coward deserter out on his sorry butt.


52 posted on 06/11/2014 11:54:24 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

So was he helping the Taliban set up a naval operation?


53 posted on 06/11/2014 11:55:12 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: Georgia Girl 2; Tax-chick; Anoreth

Hmmmn.

Would the Coast Guard accept somebody thrown out of the Army?


54 posted on 06/11/2014 11:56:16 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Veto!
Agree he doesn’t have temperament for military service. I can’t stop wondering why he enlisted in anything. What was he thinking?

Escape?

55 posted on 06/11/2014 11:57:35 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: dennisw

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

You owe every Coastie on FreeRepublic an apology. I don’t care if you were joking or not.


56 posted on 06/11/2014 12:01:06 PM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: shoff

The Legion is a small elite force of volunteers from around the globe, they have their choice of high quality men.

Their acceptance rate into training seems to be about 1 out of ten.


57 posted on 06/11/2014 12:01:57 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

But did he serve with honor & distinction in the USCG? Paging Susan Rice...


58 posted on 06/11/2014 12:03:21 PM PDT by wtd
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To: MeshugeMikey

I want to know what was his reenlistment code? When I would process out RE-4s in the USCG I would tell them to not even think about trying to join the Army. They would take rats or snakes before they would take an RE-4. Back when I was in the CG they only took HS diplomas, no GEDs. AVSABs had to be high too.


59 posted on 06/11/2014 12:10:23 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Probably tossed him out because he kept jumping ship and swimming away” See Comment #7

No Way! If you jump off a CG ship you don’t swim ashore you walk to shore. (That’s why all CG types are 6 foot tall!)


60 posted on 06/11/2014 12:16:53 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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