Bergdahl's father described his son to military investigators as " psychologically isolated". Bergdahl began learning to speak Pashto and, according to Fry, "to gravitate away from his unit more time with the Afghans than he did with his platoon". īergdahl's unit deployed to outpost Mest-Malak in May 2009, where they conducted counterinsurgency operations. Īccording to a fellow soldier, Specialist Jason Fry, Bergdahl, whom Fry described as a loner but "focused and well-behaved", told him before deploying to Afghanistan: "If this deployment is lame, I'm just going to walk off into the mountains of Pakistan." Instead of socializing with his comrades during Thanksgiving, he studied maps of Afghanistan. He was then assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort Richardson, Alaska. In 2008, Bergdahl enlisted in the United States Army and graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 2006, Bergdahl entered basic training in the United States Coast Guard but was discharged after twenty-six days for psychological reasons, receiving an " uncharacterized discharge" as an entry-level separation. He spent time in a Buddhist monastery between 20. As an adult, Bergdahl studied and practiced fencing and martial arts before changing to ballet classes at the Sun Valley Ballet School in Ketchum, Idaho. The family attended Sovereign Redeemer Presbyterian Church, an Orthodox Presbyterian Church.īergdahl received a GED certificate through the College of Southern Idaho. Both Bergdahl and his sister were home schooled by their mother in Hailey, Idaho. 5 Military investigation, court-martial, and convictionīergdahl was born in 1986 in Sun Valley, Idaho to Robert Bergdahl, a commercial truck driver, and his wife, Jani Larson Bergdahl.3.1 Circumstances of Bergdahl's disappearance.His case has been under review by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since February 2021. Bergdahl's sentence was affirmed by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals and later by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in 2020. The fine and reduction in rank took effect immediately, while the discharge was stayed pending appeals and federal review. On November 3, 2017, he was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, reduced in rank to private and fined $1,000 per month from his pay for ten months, with no prison time. He was released on May 31, 2014, as part of a prisoner exchange for five high ranking Taliban members who were being held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.īergdahl was tried by general court-martial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and on October 16, 2017, he entered a guilty plea before a military judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The circumstances under which Bergdahl went missing and how he was captured by the Taliban have since become subjects of intense media scrutiny. īergdahl was captured after deserting his post on June 30, 2009. Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Divisionīeaudry Robert " Bowe" Bergdahl (born March 28, 1986) is a United States Army soldier who was held captive from 2009 to 2014 by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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