calling him a hero when they knew that wasn t true and the facts have been the same for five years. but yet you have soldiers that are missing limbs or paid the ultimate price over there and they doept get a rose garden ceremony. all they get is an autocad letter three or four months later. what do you think should happen to him josh? i think he should be prosecuted to the full extent allowed. if that s maximum life in prison, then that needs to happen. i don t think he needs to you know, get all the benefits, all the rewards that anybody else that honorably served would get. what about that? because the new york times had a piece today suggesting one of the questions here is whether the army will give him an honorable discharge talking about how if you don t get one it can hinder a veteran s job prospects and weigh on the entirety of how a service member looks back on his career. to the new york times you say what josh? i think that if bowe bergdahl after all this is finis
him to get an honorable discharge, anything less than a dishonorable discharge and forfeit all his pay and rank and benefits. you have guys that go to afghanistan iraq multiple times that serve this country honorably. they don t desert. they do their job. they come home. and these guys are battling ptsd missing a limb have a purple heart they have a few drinks one night, make a mistake. they don t get honorable discharge. how is it fair to them that serve this country honorably and didn t desesht their fellow americans in combat to come home, not get honorable discharge but he deserts. misconduct before the enemy. and then now he s supposed to get honorable discharge? it s just one of the possibilities raised by the new york times. it s not likely according to the military experts we ve spoken with. josh, i want to give you the last word. i know you say when you heard charges were being brought you felt relief. were you worried there would be pressure not to charge him? the truth
fact pattern here. i think his squad mates have the best indication. i don t think that that s the case. joining me now three of bergdahl s former platoon mates, cody full josh cornielsen. thank you for being back with me. evan, let me start with you. you tweeted out in the beginning of this year things i want in 20 offered one word, closure. did you get it? yes. i mean, i ve taken a giant step towards that closure. for five years we ve kind of lived with just the unknown. and then when they had the rose garden ceremony last year we took a small step forward, granted what wassing with said was completely untrue and we came forward to let people know what really happened. and after this last year and the investigation it s culminated into a very giant step forward. for me personally getting the closure i need.
i don t think he needs to you know, get all the benefits, all the rewards that anybody else that honorably served would get. what about that? because the new york times had a piece today suggesting one of the questions here is whether the army will give him an honorable discharge talking about how if you don t get one it can hinder a veteran s job prospects and weigh on the entirety of how a service member looks back on his career. to the new york times you say what josh? i think that if bowe bergdahl after all this is finished and he gets an honorable discharge, i think it s more than a slap in the face. i think it s an absolute spit in the face of every single service member whether it s marines united states army navy, coast guard, whatever it is i think that all of the people that have gotten out do have an honorable discharge and did their time and it was honorable, i think that if bowe bergdahl gets out with honorable discharge it s an absolute disgrace. it s an absolute
of the doubt. does the state department consider sergeant bergdahl to be a deserter? the state department no lucas. look, what we ve said is we are going to learn the facts about what happened here. according to those around him platoon mates squad mates, they said he walked off some of them there are conflicting reports out there about this. the guy s on national television last night, his squad mates, platoon mates were not correct? i m saying we don t know the fact pattern here. i think his squad mates have the best indication. i don t think that that s the case. joining me now three of bergdahl s former platoon mates, cody full josh cornielsen. thank you for being back with me. evan, let me start with you. you tweeted out in the beginning of this year things i want in 2015. you offered one word, closure. did you get it? yes.