Deserter Bowe Bergdahl returned to the United States on Friday morning
Bergdahl was traveling with his personal psychiatrist. The AP reported:
Bowe Bergdahl, the Army “sergeant” who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, returned to the United States early Friday to continue his medical treatment.
A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, said Bergdahl flew to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio from Ramstein Air Base.
While at the Texas Army base, Bergdahl “will continue the next phase of his reintegration process,” Kirby said, adding there was no timeline for the process.
“Our focus remains on his health and well-being,” he said. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “is confident that the Army will continue to ensure that Sgt. Bergdahl receives the care, time and space he needs to complete his recovery and reintegration,” the spokesman said in a statement.
The Idaho native was captured in Afghanistan in June 2009 and released by the Taliban on May 31 in a deal struck by the Obama administration in which five senior Taliban officials were released from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
More of Bergdahl. Interestingly this is from a Brit newspaper, not American.
"Bowe Bergdhahl, America’s last American prisoner of war, has arrived back on US soil as officials prepare an investigation into his disappearance that will determine whether he receives more than $600,000 in back-pay and compensation...
The Pentagon investigation into his disappearance will determine whether he is eligible for more than $300,000 in back-pay and a similar sum as compensation for being held as a prisoner of war."