that in the time i ve been involved with military justice, since 1969, i actually can t think of a case in which that was a charge. the other thing you should know, chris let me stop you for a second. sure. what does that mean? what is misbehavior before the enemy? well, i can be precise. because i ve got the charge sheet or do i. i do. and i can tell you what the charge sheet says. it says that at a particular place in afghanistan, sergeant bergdahl on or about june 30th, 2009, before the enemy, endangered the safety of an observation post and task force which it was his duty to defend and that he left the observation deck without authority and wrongfully caused search and rescue operations. this is the charge that has been the most, sort of that has caused the most controversy.
have been charged with desertion, and typically, it varies from branch to branch but typically people don t get hammered too awfully hard for desertion. the other charge misbehavior before the enemy, is so rare that in the time i ve been involved with military justice, since 1969 i actually can t think of a case in which that was a charge. the other thing you should know chris let me stop you for a second. sure. what does that mean? what is misbehavior before the enemy? well, i can be precise. because i ve got the charge sheet or do i. i do. and i can tell you what the charge sheet says. it says that at a particular place in afghanistan, sergeant bergdahl on or about june 30th, 2009, before the enemy, endangered the safety of an observation post and task force which it was his duty to defend
with desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place and has referred the case to an article 32 preliminary hearing. again sergeant bergdahl is charged under the uniform code of military justice with one count of article 85 desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of article 99 misbehavior before the enemy be endangering the safety of a command, unit or place. as you recall sergeant bergdahl disappeared june 30th, 2009 from combat outpost in paktika province, afghanistan, and was subsequently captured. regarding next steps.
abandoning his brothers in arms. he could face life in prison here if convicted. bergdahl disappeared in the middle of a war zone on june 30th 2009 captured by the taliban. for the next five years, the only time his family saw him was in proof of life videos posted by the taliban. showing bergdahl bearded, beleaguered. then last summer bergdahl reappeared this time being walked over to american troops waiting in blackhawk hospitals to whisk him home. the price for his return, far from cheap. the obama administration traded five taliban commanders that had been held at guantanamo bay. virtually the second the white house announced bergdahl was back on american soil and the president walked arm in arm with his parents in the rose garden and white house officials said he served with honor and distinction, loud questions came quickly, from dozens who served with bergdahl in afghanistan about the circumstances under
duty and misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place, and has referred the case to an article 34 preliminary hearing. again, sergeant bergdahl is charged under the uniform code of military justice with one count of article 85 desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of article 99 misbehavior before the enemy, by endangering the safety of a command unit or place. as you recall, sergeant bergdahl disappeared june 30th, 2009 from combat outpost in paktika province afghanistan and was subsequently captured. regarding next steps, an article 32 preliminary hearing is a legal procedure under the