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Bergdahl Wasn't Only Soldier to 'Walk Off' Afghan Outposts
http://www.wlsam.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1402321911&article=6EAC5133EFE711E3B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2 ^ | 6-9-14 | ABC News Radio

Posted on 06/09/2014 9:16:11 AM PDT by Paul46360

"At least a dozen guys just walked off their posts" in Afghanistan since 2009 for a variety of reasons, said an experienced soldier, one of four Afghan war veterans familiar with the incidents who spoke to ABC News. The other sources estimated the number could be more than a dozen.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlsam.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afgan; afghanwar; army; awol; bergdahl; deserters; soldier; walkoff
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To: cripplecreek

So were they subject to Court Marshall or do they get Obama merit badges?


61 posted on 06/09/2014 1:46:25 PM PDT by Rock N Jones
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To: Hulka

My friend... I want to thank you for that amazing story.

You are an American... the very best America has ever produced, and I want to say “Welcome Home” to you, and God Bless you, and thank you for all you have gone through.

That is one of the most moving things I have ever read.

I hope God blesses you with a long life to enjoy. Your story should be mandatory reading to every young Marine, Sailor, Airman, Soldier and Coastie...

I want to ping some other to your story if you don’t mind?

Thank you again.


62 posted on 06/09/2014 3:05:18 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: wku man; Windflier; Marcella; Old Sarge; DuncanWaring; AllAmericanGirl44; OldPossum; raybbr; ...

Ping to the Dawg Pound for an amazing American story...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3165454/posts?page=59#59


63 posted on 06/09/2014 3:11:11 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; Hulka

Related, Medal of Honor citations for Adm. James Stockdale and Capt Lance Sijan (posthumous) for service as POWs:

http://www.mishalov.com/Stockdale.html

http://www.mishalov.com/Sijan.html

I had occasion to attend the USAF SERE school (Colorado campus) in June ‘71. There was one rule - “they” couldn’t do anything to “us” likely to cause permanent physical damage.

I learned one thing, in no uncertain terms:

Do. Not. Allow. Yourself. To. Be. Captured. By. Forces. Of. An. Oriental. Army.

Events subsequent to Feb. ‘73 revealed the wisdom of that position.


64 posted on 06/09/2014 6:37:30 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring; Hulka

“...Do. Not. Allow. Yourself. To. Be. Captured. By. Forces. Of. An. Oriental. Army....”

I guess the same can be said for being captured by moslems as well.

This Bergdahl clown seems to have survived only because he defected to them.

To my mind, we should treat the people we capture the same as they would treat our people, and let it be known. You hurt our people, your people will be hurt in kind.


65 posted on 06/10/2014 5:01:44 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

My sincere apologies. I never meant to imply I was the author of the story. It was sent to me by my friend, Col Phil “Hands” Handley, USAF fighter pilot (retired). Hands holds the record for the highest airspeed (over the mach) air-to-air gun kill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2y_B_uFTNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLZazga4RM (about the 3:47 mark, with about the 5:07 mark when he fires his gun)

http://www.fighterpilotuniversity.com/history/fu-heroes/phil-handley-fu-hero/


66 posted on 06/10/2014 7:28:50 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

No need to apologize. Either way, it’s an amazing story and I appreciate your relaying it.

Too many people never get to see or read real-life stories like that; we’re having OUR culture, our traditions, our values, and our heritage - and our heroes - erased daily by the lefturds.

When you publish a story like that, it reminds us of who we are as a People, and of the caliber of men that our Country produces.

Either way, thanks again.


67 posted on 06/10/2014 8:33:18 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Paul46360

But Obama took a header into a meadow muffin over this one! So here comes ABC news to the rescue. See?...troops walk off all the time-no problem!...THE BIG Problem with this one is No Nuts Obama traded him for the Terrorist Dream Team from GITMO.


68 posted on 06/10/2014 8:54:28 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: NFHale

Thank you for your kindness.

Yes, and the fact we as a nation produced such men, and they are here today as well, is uplifting.

It does enrage, however, that the left continually attacks virtues, yes I’ll say it, manly virtues, and attempts to diminish courage, selflessness, patriotism and a dedication to serving a cause greater than yourself.


69 posted on 06/10/2014 10:19:50 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: exit82

the issue is not “walking off” post, the issue is deserting and deliberately seeking to join up with the enemy, which none of the examples cited in this article did.


AND the great big AND....our president unilaterally trading 5 of the highest Taleeeeeban or Al Qeerda or what ever you want to call the raghead SOBs for this deserter who in the time of war walked off his post.

That is the grind. All of the other talk is male bovine escrement and smoke and mirrors providing cover for our elected Mooslim in Chief. Who by the way if all have not figured out wants to destroy America from within, from the outside and just any damn way he pleases. The POS is in the homestretch and pulling out all stops....


70 posted on 06/11/2014 4:57:12 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: OldNavyVet

And for that reason alone (but there are others) it is more of a totalitarian political system than it is a religion. They just use religion as a beard and a means of controlling the masses.


71 posted on 06/11/2014 5:31:38 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
it is more of a totalitarian political system than it is a religion.

Some would say that religion can't be evil.

72 posted on 06/11/2014 10:35:35 AM PDT by OldNavyVet (Looking forward to November elections.)
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